Famous Deaths Happened In June - 26

0363  On June - 26 flavius C Julianus, [Apostata], emperor of Rome (361-63), dies   

1291  Death of Eleanor of Provence, wife of Henry III of England on June - 26.   

1541  On this day in history death of francisco Pizarro, Spanish conqueror of Peru, assassinated in Lima   

1631  Justinus van Nassau, ltalian admiral (Armada), dies on this day in history.   

1657  On this day in history tobias Michael, composer, dies at 65   

1661  On June - 26 lazaro Valvasensi, composer, dies at 76   

1666  On June - 26 richard Fanshawe, diplomat/translator/poet, dies   

1688  On this day in history ralph Cudworth, philospher/cleric, dies   

1778  On June - 26 angelo Antonio Caroli, composer, dies at 77   

1793  On this day in history gilbert White, naturalist/cleric, dies   

1798  Eugene Godecharle, composer, dies at 56 on this day in history.   

1810  Death of Joseph Michel Montgolfier, French inventor (b. 1740) on this day in history.   

1819  Johann Wilhelm Stadler, composer, dies at 71 on June - 26.   

1827  On this day in history christian A Vulpius, German writer (Ornaldo Ornaldini), dies   

1836  Claude-Joseph Rouget de Lisle, author/composer (Marseillaise), dies on June - 26.   

1863  Andrew Hull Foote, US Union lt admiral, dies on June - 26.   

1878  Death of Mercedes of Orleans, queen of Spain (b. 1860) on this day in history.   

1896  On this day in history louis CPR of Orleans, French duke (chosen king of Belgian), dies at 81   

1906  Alexander Muir, poet (Maple Leaf Forever), dies at 76 on June - 26.   

1918  Death of Peter Rosegger, Austrian poet and Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1843) on June - 26.   

1922  Albert H K, monarch of Monaco (1889-1922), dies at 73 on this day in history.   

1923  On this day in history edward Rae, cricketer (introduced cricket into Russian Lapland), dies   

1926  On June - 26 christina Goedvolk, wife of Henry Jut, dies   

1937  On this day in history georg A Erman, Ger egyptologist (Grammar of Ancient Egypt), dies at 82   

1938  On this day in history james Weldon Johnson, black leader (NAACP), dies in car crash at 67   

1939  On June - 26 ford M Ford, [Hueffer], British writer, (Tietjens Saga) dies at 65   

1943  Death of Fritz Schmidt, Nazi commissioner in Holland, commits suicide at 39 on this day in history.   

1944  Billy Newham, cricketer (England Test 1887), dies on June - 26.   

1945  On this day in history erno Rapee, composer, dies at 54   

1946  On this day in history death of max Kögel, SS officer (b. 1895)   

1947  Death of Richard Bedford Bennett, eleventh Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1870) on this day in history.   

1948  On this day in history death of lilian Velez, Filipino actress (b. 1924)   

1949  On June - 26 death of kim Gu, President of the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea (b. 1876)   

1956  Clifford Brown, US jazz trumpeter (Joyspring, Jordu), dies at 25 on this day in history.   

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1575  Anne Catherine of Brandenburg, queen of Denmark and Norway (d. 1612) was born on June - 26.   

1582  Johannes Schultz, composer was born on this day in history.   

1655  On June - 26 birth of jean Deutz, merchant/Amsterdam regent   

1681  On June - 26 birth of hedwig Sophia, duchess of Holstein-Gottorp, Swedish writer (d. 1708)   

1689  Edward Holyoke, American academic (d. 1769) was born on this day in history.   

1694  On June - 26 birth of georg Brandt, Swedish chemist and mineralogist (d. 1768)   

1702  On June - 26 birth of philip Doddridge, England, Dr/nonconformist clergyman   

1703  On this day in history birth of thomas Clap, American academic (d. 1767)