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

0684  St Benedict II begins his reign as Catholic Pope on June - 26.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1498  Toothbrush invented on June - 26.   

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  On this day in history christ's Hospital in England granted a charter   

1582  Johannes Schultz, composer on June - 26.   

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

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

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 June - 26.   

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

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

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

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

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 this day in history.   

1721  On this day in history dr Zabdiel Boylston gives 1st smallpox inoculations in America   

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

1730  On June - 26 charles Joseph Messier, astronomer (cataloguer of "M objects")   

1742  Arthur Middleton, signer (Declaration of Independence) on June - 26.   

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

1749  On June - 26 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 this day in history.   

1763  On this day in history 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  On this day in history 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  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 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 June - 26.   

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

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 this day in history.   

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

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

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 June - 26 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.