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 June - 26.   

0363  On this day in history flavius C Julianus, [Apostata], emperor of Rome (361-63), dies   

0684  On this day in history st Benedict II begins his reign as Catholic Pope   

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

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 this day in history.   

1483  On this day in history richard III usurps English throne   

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

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 June - 26.   

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

1582  Johannes Schultz, composer on this day in history.   

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  Tobias Michael, composer, dies at 65 on June - 26.   

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

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

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

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

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

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  Dr Zabdiel Boylston gives 1st smallpox inoculations in America on June - 26.   

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  Arthur Middleton, signer (Declaration of Independence) on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1760  Johan I Jozef, monarch of Liechtenstein/fieldmarshal on this day in history.   

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

1778  Angelo Antonio Caroli, composer, dies at 77 on June - 26.   

1793  Gilbert White, naturalist/cleric, dies on this day in history.   

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1575  Anne Catherine of Brandenburg, queen of Denmark and Norway (d. 1612) was born on June - 26.   

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

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

1681  On June - 26 birth of hedwig Sophia, duchess of Holstein-Gottorp, Swedish writer (d. 1708)   

1689  Edward Holyoke, American academic (d. 1769) was born on June - 26.   

1694  On June - 26 birth of georg Brandt, Swedish chemist and mineralogist (d. 1768)   

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

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

0363  On this day in history 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 this day in history justinus van Nassau, ltalian admiral (Armada), dies   

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

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