Historical Events In June - 26
Friday, 17 January 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 On June - 26 flavius C Julianus, [Apostata], emperor of Rome (361-63), dies
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 On this day in history eleanor of Provence, wife of Henry III of England
1409 Council of Pisa selects Petros Philargi as 3rd Pope: Alexander V on this day in history.
1483 Richard III usurps English throne on June - 26.
1483 On June - 26 duke of Gloucester appoints himself English king Richard III
1498 On June - 26 toothbrush invented
1541 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 on June - 26.
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 Swedish troops under Gustaf II Adolf lands at Peenemunde on this day in history.
1631 Justinus van Nassau, ltalian admiral (Armada), dies on this day in history.
1655 On June - 26 jean Deutz, merchant/Amsterdam regent
1657 Tobias Michael, composer, dies at 65 on June - 26.
1661 Lazaro Valvasensi, composer, dies at 76 on June - 26.
1666 On this day in history richard Fanshawe, diplomat/translator/poet, dies
1688 Ralph Cudworth, philospher/cleric, dies on this day in history.
1702 On June - 26 philip Doddridge, England, Dr/nonconformist clergyman
1714 Spain & Netherlands sign peace/trade agreement on this day in history.
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 On June - 26 charles Joseph Messier, astronomer (cataloguer of "M objects")
1742 On this day in history arthur Middleton, signer (Declaration of Independence)
1747 Leopold Jan Antonin Kozeluh, composer on June - 26.
1749 On June - 26 louis Joseph Claude Saint-Amans, composer
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 June - 26.
1760 On June - 26 johan I Jozef, monarch of Liechtenstein/fieldmarshal
1763 On this day in history george Morland, England, artist of rural landscapes
1778 On June - 26 angelo Antonio Caroli, composer, dies at 77
1793 On June - 26 gilbert White, naturalist/cleric, dies