Historical Events In June - 26

0363  Roman Emperor Julian is killed during the retreat from the Sassanid Empire. General Jovian is proclaimed Emperor by the troops on the battlefield on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1284  Pied Piper lures 130 children of Hamelin away (actually happened) on June - 26.   

1291  On June - 26 eleanor of Provence, wife of Henry III of England   

1409  Council of Pisa selects Petros Philargi as 3rd Pope: Alexander V on June - 26.   

1483  On this day in history richard III usurps English throne   

1483  On June - 26 duke of Gloucester appoints himself English king Richard III   

1498  Toothbrush invented on June - 26.   

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 this day in history.   

1541  On June - 26 francisco Pizarro, Spanish conqueror of Peru, assassinated in Lima   

1553  Christ's Hospital in England granted a charter on June - 26.   

1582  On this day in history johannes Schultz, composer   

1630  Swedish troops under Gustaf II Adolf lands at Peenemunde on this day in history.   

1631  On June - 26 justinus van Nassau, ltalian admiral (Armada), dies   

1655  On this day in history jean Deutz, merchant/Amsterdam regent   

1657  Tobias Michael, composer, dies at 65 on this day in history.   

1661  Lazaro Valvasensi, composer, dies at 76 on this day in history.   

1666  Richard Fanshawe, diplomat/translator/poet, dies on this day in history.   

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

1702  Philip Doddridge, England, Dr/nonconformist clergyman on this day in history.   

1714  On June - 26 spain & Netherlands sign peace/trade agreement   

1718  On June - 26 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 June - 26.   

1742  On this day in history arthur Middleton, signer (Declaration of Independence)   

1747  On this day in history leopold Jan Antonin Kozeluh, composer   

1749  On this day in history louis Joseph Claude Saint-Amans, composer   

1754  On this day in history 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.   

1760  Johan I Jozef, monarch of Liechtenstein/fieldmarshal on June - 26.   

1763  George Morland, England, artist of rural landscapes on June - 26.   

1778  Angelo Antonio Caroli, composer, dies at 77 on this day in history.   

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

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1575  Anne Catherine of Brandenburg, queen of Denmark and Norway (d. 1612) was born on this day in history.   

1582  On June - 26 birth of johannes Schultz, composer   

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

1681  On this day in history birth of hedwig Sophia, duchess of Holstein-Gottorp, Swedish writer (d. 1708)   

1689  On June - 26 birth of edward Holyoke, American academic (d. 1769)   

1694  Georg Brandt, Swedish chemist and mineralogist (d. 1768) was born on June - 26.   

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

1703  Thomas Clap, American academic (d. 1767) was born on 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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history richard Fanshawe, diplomat/translator/poet, dies   

1688  Ralph Cudworth, philospher/cleric, dies on June - 26.