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 June - 26 pied Piper lures 130 children of Hamelin away (actually happened)   

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

1409  On this day in history council of Pisa selects Petros Philargi as 3rd Pope: Alexander V   

1483  Richard III usurps English throne on this day in history.   

1483  On this day in history duke of Gloucester appoints himself English king Richard III   

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 June - 26 christ's Hospital in England granted a charter   

1582  On this day in history johannes Schultz, composer   

1630  Swedish troops under Gustaf II Adolf lands at Peenemunde on June - 26.   

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

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

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 June - 26.   

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

1702  On June - 26 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  Dr Zabdiel Boylston gives 1st smallpox inoculations in America on this day in history.   

1723  On this day in history 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  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  Johan I Jozef, monarch of Liechtenstein/fieldmarshal on this day in history.   

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

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1575  On June - 26 birth of anne Catherine of Brandenburg, queen of Denmark and Norway (d. 1612)   

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

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

1681  On this day in history 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 this day in history 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)   

0363  Flavius C Julianus, [Apostata], emperor of Rome (361-63), dies on June - 26.   

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

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

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

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

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

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

1688  Ralph Cudworth, philospher/cleric, dies on this day in history.