This Day in History
Today: June 26, 2026
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Augustus adopts Tiberius.
221
Roman emperor Elagabalus adopts his cousin Alexander Severus as his heir and receives the title of Caesar.
363
Roman emperor Julian is killed during the retreat from the Sasanian Empire.
684
Pope Benedict II is the last pope to require confirmation by the Byzantine emperor before taking office.
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.
1243
Mongols defeat the Seljuk Turks at the Battle of Köse Dağ.
1295
Przemysł II crowned king of Poland, following Ducal period. The white eagle is added to the Polish coat of arms.
1407
Ulrich von Jungingen becomes Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights.
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.
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.
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