Historical Events In June - 26

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  On June - 26 st Benedict II begins his reign as Catholic Pope   

1284  On this day in history pied Piper lures 130 children of Hamelin away (actually happened)   

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

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

1483  Richard III usurps English throne on June - 26.   

1483  Duke of Gloucester appoints himself English king Richard III on June - 26.   

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 June - 26.   

1541  Francisco Pizarro, Spanish conqueror of Peru, assassinated in Lima on June - 26.   

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

1582  On June - 26 johannes Schultz, composer   

1630  On June - 26 swedish troops under Gustaf II Adolf lands at Peenemunde   

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

1655  Jean Deutz, merchant/Amsterdam regent on this day in history.   

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

1661  On this day in history lazaro Valvasensi, composer, dies at 76   

1666  Richard Fanshawe, diplomat/translator/poet, dies on June - 26.   

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

1702  On this day in history philip Doddridge, England, Dr/nonconformist clergyman   

1714  Spain & Netherlands sign peace/trade agreement on June - 26.   

1718  Tsarevich Alexei Petrovich of Russia, Peter the Great's son, mysteriously dies after being sentenced to death by his father for plotting against him on June - 26.   

1721  On June - 26 dr Zabdiel Boylston gives 1st smallpox inoculations in America   

1723  After a lasting siege and bombardment by cannons, Baku surrenders to the Russians on June - 26.   

1730  On this day in history charles Joseph Messier, astronomer (cataloguer of "M objects")   

1742  On June - 26 arthur Middleton, signer (Declaration of Independence)   

1747  On this day in history 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 June - 26.   

1760  On this day in history johan I Jozef, monarch of Liechtenstein/fieldmarshal   

1763  On June - 26 george Morland, England, artist of rural landscapes   

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

1793  On June - 26 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  Johannes Schultz, composer was born on this day in history.   

1655  Jean Deutz, merchant/Amsterdam regent was born on June - 26.   

1681  Hedwig Sophia, duchess of Holstein-Gottorp, Swedish writer (d. 1708) was born on June - 26.   

1689  On this day in history birth of edward Holyoke, American academic (d. 1769)   

1694  Georg Brandt, Swedish chemist and mineralogist (d. 1768) was born on this day in history.   

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

1703  On June - 26 birth of thomas Clap, American academic (d. 1767)   

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

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

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

1666  Richard Fanshawe, diplomat/translator/poet, dies on June - 26.   

1688  On June - 26 ralph Cudworth, philospher/cleric, dies