Historical Events In June - 26

0363  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1284  Pied Piper lures 130 children of Hamelin away (actually happened) on this day in history.   

1291  Eleanor of Provence, wife of Henry III of England on this day in history.   

1409  Council of Pisa selects Petros Philargi as 3rd Pope: Alexander V on this day in history.   

1483  On June - 26 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  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  Francisco Pizarro, Spanish conqueror of Peru, assassinated in Lima on June - 26.   

1553  Christ's Hospital in England granted a charter on this day in history.   

1582  On this day in history johannes Schultz, composer   

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

1631  Justinus van Nassau, ltalian admiral (Armada), dies on June - 26.   

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

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

1702  Philip Doddridge, England, Dr/nonconformist clergyman on June - 26.   

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

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

1723  On this day in history after a lasting siege and bombardment by cannons, Baku surrenders to the Russians.   

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  Leopold Jan Antonin Kozeluh, composer on this day in history.   

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

1754  On June - 26 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 this day in history.   

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

1778  On this day in history angelo Antonio Caroli, composer, dies at 77   

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 June - 26.   

1582  On June - 26 birth of johannes Schultz, composer   

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

1681  Hedwig Sophia, duchess of Holstein-Gottorp, Swedish writer (d. 1708) was born on this day in history.   

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

1694  On this day in history birth of georg Brandt, Swedish chemist and mineralogist (d. 1768)   

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

1703  Thomas Clap, American academic (d. 1767) was born on June - 26.   

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

1291  On this day in history death of eleanor of Provence, wife of Henry III of England   

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

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