On June 26, history records 67 notable events, 198 famous births and 98 deaths, spanning the years 221 to 1483.
Events on this day include: Roman emperor Elagabalus adopts his cousin Alexander Severus as his heir and receives the title of Caesar. (221); Roman emperor Julian is killed during the retreat from the Sasanian Empire. General Jovian is proclaimed Emperor by the troops on the battlefield. (363).
Notable people born on June 26 include John, Count of Angoulême (1399), Anne Catherine of Brandenburg (1575), Peter Claver (1581).
Notable figures who died on this day include Julian (emperor) (363), Vigilius of Trent (405), Saichō (822).
Events on 26 June 67
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Roman emperor Julian is killed during the retreat from the Sasanian Empire. General Jovian is proclaimed Emperor by the troops on the battlefield.
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.
Przemysł II crowned king of Poland, following Ducal period. The white eagle is added to the Polish coat of arms.
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.
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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Birthdays on 26 June 198
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Deaths on 26 June 98
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