Historical Events In June - 26
Friday, 21 February 2025
0363 On June - 26 roman Emperor Julian is killed during the retreat from the Sassanid Empire. General Jovian is proclaimed Emperor by the troops on the battlefield.
0363 Flavius C Julianus, [Apostata], emperor of Rome (361-63), dies on this day in history.
0684 St Benedict II begins his reign as Catholic Pope on June - 26.
1284 Pied Piper lures 130 children of Hamelin away (actually happened) on this day in history.
1291 Eleanor of Provence, wife of Henry III of England on this day in history.
1409 Council of Pisa selects Petros Philargi as 3rd Pope: Alexander V on this day in history.
1483 On June - 26 richard III usurps English throne
1483 Duke of Gloucester appoints himself English king Richard III on this day in history.
1498 On this day in history toothbrush invented
1541 On this day in history francisco Pizarro is assassinated in Lima by the son of his former companion and later antagonist, Diego Almagro the younger. Almagro is later caught and executed.
1541 Francisco Pizarro, Spanish conqueror of Peru, assassinated in Lima on this day in history.
1553 On this day in history christ's Hospital in England granted a charter
1582 Johannes Schultz, composer on June - 26.
1630 On June - 26 swedish troops under Gustaf II Adolf lands at Peenemunde
1631 Justinus van Nassau, ltalian admiral (Armada), dies on June - 26.
1655 Jean Deutz, merchant/Amsterdam regent on June - 26.
1657 On June - 26 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
1702 Philip Doddridge, England, Dr/nonconformist clergyman on this day in history.
1714 Spain & Netherlands sign peace/trade agreement on June - 26.
1718 On this day in history tsarevich Alexei Petrovich of Russia, Peter the Great's son, mysteriously dies after being sentenced to death by his father for plotting against him.
1721 On this day in history dr Zabdiel Boylston gives 1st smallpox inoculations in America
1723 On June - 26 after a lasting siege and bombardment by cannons, Baku surrenders to the Russians.
1730 Charles Joseph Messier, astronomer (cataloguer of "M objects") on this day in history.
1742 On this day in history arthur Middleton, signer (Declaration of Independence)
1747 On June - 26 leopold Jan Antonin Kozeluh, composer
1749 Louis Joseph Claude Saint-Amans, composer on this day in history.
1754 Anthony Henday, an employee of the Hudson's Bay Company, leaves York Factory with a party of Plains Cree returning to the interior; returns June 23, 1755, having traveled as far west as present-day Red Deer, Alberta on this day in history.
1760 On this day in history johan I Jozef, monarch of Liechtenstein/fieldmarshal
1763 On this day in history george Morland, England, artist of rural landscapes
1778 On this day in history angelo Antonio Caroli, composer, dies at 77
1793 Gilbert White, naturalist/cleric, dies on June - 26.