26 June in history

9 events that happened on 26 June, from 684 to 1963.

  1. ✦ Anniversary of the day

    684 CE 1,342 years ago

    Benedict II is consecrated pope after imperial approval

    Benedict II was consecrated bishop of Rome after receiving the approval of the Byzantine emperor, as popes then required. He was the last pope to need the emperor's confirmation; his successors needed only that of the exarch of Ravenna.

    Exarchate of Ravenna

  2. 1243 CE 783 years ago

    Mongols crush the Seljuks of Rûm at Köse Dağ

    A Mongol army under Baiju defeated Sultan Kaykhusraw II in north-eastern Anatolia. The Seljuk sultanate became a Mongol vassal and broke into the principalities from which the Ottomans emerged.

  3. 1295 CE 731 years ago

    Przemysł II is crowned King of Poland at Gniezno

    Przemysł II, Duke of Greater Poland, was crowned King of Poland in Gniezno Cathedral, the first royal coronation in Poland for over two centuries. He returned Poland to the rank of kingdom but was murdered at Rogoźno the following February.

    Przemysł II

  4. 1409 CE 617 years ago

    The Council of Pisa elects Alexander V, a third rival pope

    Having declared Gregory XII of Rome and Benedict XIII of Avignon deposed, the Council of Pisa elected Peter of Candia as Alexander V, a third claimant in the Western Schism. He died in 1410 and is now regarded as an antipope.

    Western SchismPapacy

  5. 1460 CE 566 years ago

    Warwick and the Earl of March land at Sandwich

    Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick, landed at Sandwich with a rebel army and the Earls of Salisbury and March, and the three earls rode to London. Warwick and March went on to take King Henry captive at Northampton on 10 July.

    Wars of the RosesEdward IV of England

  6. 1830 CE 196 years ago

    George IV dies at Windsor

    The former Prince Regent, known for extravagance and his patronage of architecture, died at 67. His brother William IV succeeded him, and the Great Reform Act followed in 1832.

  7. 1857 CE 169 years ago

    Queen Victoria presents the first Victoria Crosses

    In Hyde Park, Queen Victoria decorated 62 servicemen for valour in the Crimean War. The Victoria Cross remains Britain's highest award for gallantry.

    United Kingdom of Great Britain and IrelandCrimean War

  8. 1945 CE 81 years ago

    United Nations Charter is signed in San Francisco

    Delegates of 50 nations signed the Charter creating the United Nations to maintain peace and security. It came into force in October 1945.

    United Nations

  9. 1963 CE 63 years ago

    Kennedy tells West Berlin 'Ich bin ein Berliner'

    Speaking at Rathaus Schöneberg to a crowd of about 450,000, President Kennedy declared solidarity with the people of the walled city two years after the Berlin Wall went up.

Born on 26 June 4

Died on 26 June 5

Dates as the sources give them: in the Julian calendar before 1582, and in some countries for longer (Britain until 1752, Russia until 1918). Only people whose day of birth or death the records agree on are listed.

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