What is June 26?
{{calendar}} {{day}} == Events == === Up to 1950 === * [[4]] &ndash; [[Roman Emperor]] [[Augustus]] adopts [[Tiberius]]. * [[221]] &ndash; Roman Emperor [[Elagabalus]] adopts his cousin [[Alexander Severus]] as his heir. * [[363]] &ndash; Roman Emperor [[Julian]] is killed during retreat from the [[Sassanid Empire]]. Troops on the battlefield proclaim [[Jovian (emperor)|Jovian]] Emperor. * [[687]] &ndash; [[Pope Benedict II|Benedict II]] becomes [[Pope]]. * [[1409]] &ndash; [[Western Schism]]: The [[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]]. * [[1483]] &ndash; [[Richard III of England|Richard III]] becomes king of [[England]]. * [[1492]] &ndash; [[Mont Aiguille]], in the Western [[Alps]] in [[France]] is climbed for the first time by [[Antoine de Ville]]. * [[1541]] &ndash; [[Francisco Pizarro]] is assassinated in [[Lima]]. * [[1718]] &ndash; [[Tsarevich Alexei Petrovich of Russia]] (son of [[Peter I of Russia]]) dies mysteriously after his father sentenced him to death for plotting against him. (occurred on [[July 7]] in the [[Gregorian calendar]]) * [[1723]] &ndash; After a siege, and bombardment by [[cannon]], [[Baku]] surrenders to the [[Russia]]ns. * [[1740]] &ndash; A combined force of [[Spain|Spanish]], free Blacks, and allied Indians defeat a British garrison at the [[Siege of Fort Mose]] near [[St. Augustine, Florida]] in the [[War of Jenkins' Ear]]. * [[1819]] &ndash; The [[bicycle]] is patented. * [[1830]] &ndash; King [[George IV of the United Kingdom]] dies. His brother succeeds him as [[William IV of the United Kingdom]]. * [[1843]] &ndash; The [[Treaty]] of [[Nanking]] comes into effect, effectively giving [[Hong Kong]] to the [[United Kingdom]]. * [[1848]] &ndash; End of the [[June]] Days Uprising in [[Paris]]. * [[1857]] &ndash; First Investiture of the [[Victoria Cross]] in Hyde Park, [[London]]. * [[1860]] &ndash; In [[Durb