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Events on 26 June 67

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Year 221

Roman emperor Elagabalus adopts his cousin Alexander Severus as his heir and receives the title of Caesar.

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Year 363

Roman emperor Julian is killed during the retreat from the Sasanian Empire. General Jovian is proclaimed Emperor by the troops on the battlefield.

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Year 684

Pope Benedict II chosen.

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Year 699

En no Ozuno, a Japanese mystic and apothecary who will later be regarded as the founder of a folk religion Shugendō, is banished to Izu Ōshima.

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Year 1243

Mongols defeat the Seljuk Turks at the Battle of Köse Dağ.

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Year 1295

Przemysł II crowned king of Poland, following Ducal period. The white eagle is added to the Polish coat of arms.

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Year 1407

Ulrich von Jungingen becomes Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights.

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Year 1409

Western Schism: The Roman Catholic Church is led into a double schism as Petros Philargos is crowned Pope Alexander V after the Council of Pisa, joining Pope Gregory XII in Rome and Pope Benedict XII in Avignon.

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Year 1460

Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick, and Edward, Earl of March, land in England with a rebel army and march on London.

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Year 1483

Richard III becomes King of England.

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Public Holidays Around The World On This Day 2

🇦🇿 Azerbaijan · Armed Forces Day

🇲🇬 Madagascar · Independence Day

Birthdays on 26 June 198

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John, Count of Angoulême

b. 1399 – d. 1467

John, Count of Angoulême (d. 1467)

Anne Catherine of Brandenburg

b. 1575 – d. 1612

Anne Catherine of Brandenburg (d. 1612)

Peter Claver

b. 1581 – d. 1654

San Pedro Claver, Spanish Jesuit saint (d. 1654)

Juan de Palafox y Mendoza

b. 1600 – d. 1659

Juan de Palafox y Mendoza, Spanish-born bishop and viceroy of New Spain (d. 1659)

Hedvig Sophia of Sweden

b. 1681 – d. 1708

Hedvig Sophia of Sweden (d. 1708)

Edward Holyoke

b. 1689 – d. 1769

Edward Holyoke, American pastor and academic (d. 1769)

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Georg Brandt

b. 1694 – d. 1768

Georg Brandt, Swedish chemist and mineralogist (d. 1768)

Marie Thérèse Rodet Geoffrin

b. 1699 – d. 1777

Marie Thérèse Rodet Geoffrin, French businesswoman (d. 1777)

Philip Doddridge

b. 1702 – d. 1751

Philip Doddridge, English hymn-writer and educator (d. 1751)

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Thomas Clap

b. 1703 – d. 1767

Thomas Clap, American minister and academic (d. 1767)

Victor Amadeus III of Sardinia

b. 1726 – d. 1796

Victor Amadeus III of Sardinia (d. 1796)

Charles Messier

b. 1730 – d. 1817

Charles Messier, French astronomer and academic (d. 1817)

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Deaths on 26 June 98

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Julian (emperor)

d. 363 (b. 332)

Julian the Apostate, Roman emperor (b. 332)

Vigilius of Trent

d. 405 (b. 353)

Vigilius, bishop of Trent (b. 353)

Saichō

d. 822 (b. 767)

Saichō, Japanese monk (d. 822)

George El Mozahem

d. 969 (b. 940)

George El Mozahem, Egyptian martyr (b. 940)

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Jaromír, Bishop of Prague

d. 1090

Jaromír, bishop of Prague

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Robert the Lotharingian

d. 1095

Robert, bishop of Hereford

Anne of Bohemia, Duchess of Silesia

d. 1265

Anne of Bohemia, duchess of Silesia (b. 1203 or 1204)

Nasir al-Din al-Tusi

d. 1274 (b. 1201)

Nasir al-Din al-Tusi, Persian scientist and writer (b. 1201)

John Argyropoulos

d. 1487 (b. 1415)

John Argyropoulos, Byzantine philosopher and scholar (b. 1415)

Francisco Pizarro

d. 1541

Francisco Pizarro, Spanish explorer and politician, Governor of New Castile (b. c. 1471)

Gabriel, comte de Montgomery

d. 1574 (b. 1530)

Gabriel, comte de Montgomery, captain of the Scottish Guard of Henry II of France (b. 1530)

Ralph Cudworth

d. 1688 (b. 1617)

Ralph Cudworth, English philosopher and academic (b. 1617)

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