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

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

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 this day in history.   

1498  On June - 26 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  Johannes Schultz, composer on June - 26.   

1630  On this day in history swedish troops under Gustaf II Adolf lands at Peenemunde   

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

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

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 June - 26.   

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

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

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

1723  On June - 26 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  On June - 26 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  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 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 this day in history birth of johannes Schultz, composer   

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

1681  On this day in history birth of hedwig Sophia, duchess of Holstein-Gottorp, Swedish writer (d. 1708)   

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

1694  On June - 26 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  On June - 26 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  On June - 26 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 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 this day in history.   

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