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On June 26, 4: Augustus adopts Tiberius.

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Augustus adopts Tiberius.

The 0s began on January 1, AD 1 and ended on December 31, AD 9, covering the first nine years of the Common Era.

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Born on June 26

Princess Alexia of the Netherlands 2005– Dutch princess (born 2005)
Mikey Williams 2004– American basketball player (born 2004)
Chandler Smith 2002– American racing driver (born 2002)
Ann Li 2000– American tennis player (born 2000)
Baek Ye-rin 1997– South Korean singer-songwriter (born 1997)
Jacob Elordi 1997– Australian actor (born 1997)
Callum Taylor 1997– English cricketer
Hollie Arnold 1994– British athlete (born 1994)
Leonard Carow 1994– German actor
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Ariana Grande 1993– American singer and actress (born 1993)
Joel Campbell 1992– Costa Rican footballer (born 1992)
Rudy Gobert 1992– French basketball player (born 1992)
Jennette McCurdy 1992– American writer and former actress (born 1992)
Houssem Chemali 1991– Algerian footballer (born 1991)
Diego Falcinelli 1991– Italian footballer (born 1991)
Dustin Martin 1991– Australian rules footballer (born 1991)
Belaynesh Oljira 1990– Ethiopian long-distance runner
Iman Shumpert 1990– American basketball player and actor (born 1990)

People

Died on June 26

Carolyn McCarthy American politician (1944–2025)
Bill Moyers American journalist (1934–2025)
Lalo Schifrin Argentine-American composer (1932–2025)
Takutai Tarsh Kemp New Zealand politician (1975–2025)
Taiki Matsuno Japanese actor and voice actor (1967–2024)
Margaret Keane American artist (1927–2022)
Mike Gravel American politician (1930–2021)
Milton Glaser American graphic designer (1929–2020)
Beth Chapman American reality television star (1967–2019)
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Yevgeny Primakov Russian politician and diplomat (1929–2015)
Chris Thompson American television writer (1952–2015)
Howard Baker American politician and diplomat (1925–2014)
Bill Frank American gridiron football player (1938–2014)
Rollin King American businessman (1931–2014)
Bob Mischak American football player (1932–2014)
Julius Rudel American opera and orchestra conductor
Mary Rodgers American composer, author and screenwriter (1931–2014)
Henrik Otto Donner Musical artist

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Every June 26 on record

  1. 4 Augustus adopts Tiberius.

    First 9 years of the Common Era

    The 0s began on January 1, AD 1 and ended on December 31, AD 9, covering the first nine years of the Common Era.

  2. 221 Roman emperor Elagabalus adopts his cousin Alexander Severus as his heir and grants him the title of Caesar.

    Ruler of the Roman Empire

    The Roman emperor was the ruler and monarchical head of state of the Roman Empire, starting with the granting of the title augustus to Octavian in 27 BC. The title of imperator, originally a military honorific, was usually used alongside caesar, originally a cognomen. When a given Roman is described as becoming emperor in English, it generally reflects his accession as augustus, and later as basileus.

  3. 363 Roman emperor Julian is killed during the retreat from the Sasanian Empire.

    Roman emperor from 361 to 363, Neoplatonic philosopher

    Julian was the Caesar of the West from 355 to 360 and Roman emperor from 361 to 363, as well as a notable philosopher and author in Greek. His rejection of Christianity, and his promotion of Neoplatonic Hellenism caused him to be remembered as Julian the Apostate in the Christian tradition.

  4. 684 Pope Benedict II is the last pope to require confirmation by the Byzantine emperor before taking office.

    Head of the Catholic Church from 684 to 685

    Pope Benedict II was the bishop of Rome from 26 June 684 to his death on 8 May 685. Pope Benedict II's feast day is 7 May.

  5. 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.

    7th-century Japanese ascetic and mystic; founder of Shugendō

    En no Ozunu/Ozuno/Otsuno was a Japanese ascetic and mystic, traditionally held to be the founder of Shugendō, the path of ascetic training practiced by the gyōja or yamabushi.

  6. 1243 Mongols defeat the Seljuk Turks at the Battle of Köse Dağ.
  7. 1295 Przemysł II crowned king of Poland, following Ducal period. The white eagle is added to the Polish coat of arms.
  8. 1407 Ulrich von Jungingen becomes Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights.
  9. 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 XIII in Avignon.
  10. 1460 War of the Roses: Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick, and Edward, Earl of March, land in England with a rebel army and march on London.
  11. 1483 Richard III becomes King of England.
  12. 1522 Ottomans begin the second Siege of Rhodes.
  13. 1541 Francisco Pizarro is assassinated in Lima by the son of his former companion and later antagonist, Diego de Almagro the younger. Almagro is later caught and executed.
  14. 1579 Livonian campaign of Stephen Báthory begins.
  15. 1718 Alexei Petrovich, Tsarevich of Russia, Peter the Great's son, mysteriously dies after being sentenced to death by his father for plotting against him.
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  1. 1723 After a siege and bombardment by cannon, Baku surrenders to the Russians.
  2. 1740 A combined force of Spanish, free blacks and allied Indians defeat a British garrison at the Siege of Fort Mose near St. Augustine during the War of Jenkins' Ear.
  3. 1794 French Revolutionary Wars: Battle of Fleurus marks the first successful military use of aircraft and turns the tide of the War of the First Coalition.
  4. 1830 William IV becomes king of Britain and Hanover following the death without surviving legitimate issue of his older brother George IV.
  5. 1843 Treaty of Nanking comes into effect, Hong Kong Island is ceded to the British "in perpetuity".
  6. 1848 End of the June Days Uprising in Paris.
  7. 1857 The first investiture of the Victoria Cross in Hyde Park, London.
  8. 1886 Henri Moissan isolated elemental Fluorine for the first time.
  9. 1889 Bangui is founded by Albert Dolisie and Alfred Uzac in what was then the upper reaches of the French Congo.
  10. 1906 The first Grand Prix motor race is held at Le Mans.
  11. 1909 The Science Museum in London comes into existence as an independent entity.
  12. 1917 World War I: The American Expeditionary Forces begin to arrive in France. They will first enter combat in the Battle of Hamel on July 4.
  13. 1918 World War I: Allied forces under John J. Pershing and James Harbord defeat Imperial German forces under Wilhelm, German Crown Prince in the Battle of Belleau Wood.
  14. 1924 The American occupation of the Dominican Republic ends after eight years.
  15. 1927 The Cyclone roller coaster opens on Coney Island.

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