Famous Deaths In December - 26

0267  On December - 26 dionysius, bishop of Rome/saint, dies  

0268  On this day in history death of pope Dionysius  

1350  Death of Jean de Marigny, French bishop on December - 26.  

1458  On December - 26 death of arthur III, Duke of Brittany (b. 1393)  

1476  On December - 26 death of galeazzo Maria Sforza, duke of Milan, murdered  

1530  On December - 26 zahir al-Din Mohammed Babur Shah, founder Mogols-dynasty, dies at 47  

1574  On this day in history charles Guise, archbishop/cardinal of Reims, dies at 50  

1624  Simon Marius, astronomer, dies in Bavaria at 54 on December - 26.  

1627  On this day in history gonzaga, Italian monarch of Mantua/Monferrato, dies  

1658  On December - 26 simon Guillain, French sculptor (Castle of Blois/Sorbonne), dies at 78  

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1676  On December - 26 domenicus van Tol, Dutch painter, dies  

1679  On December - 26 john van de Cappelle, Amsterdam landscape painter, dies at 53  

1731  Death of Antoine Houdar de la Motte, French writer (b. 1672) on December - 26.  

1736  Antonio Caldara, composer, dies on this day in history.  

1740  On December - 26 mauritius Louis II earl of Nassau, lt-gen (12 children), dies  

1771  Death of Claude Adrien Helvétius, French philosopher (b. 1715) on this day in history.  

1776  On December - 26 johann Gottlieb Rall, Hessian colonel/mercenary, dies in battle  

1780  Death of John Fothergill, English physician (b. 1712) on December - 26.  

1784  On this day in history death of seth Warner, American revolutionary leader (b. 1743)  

1786  On this day in history death of gasparo Gozzi, Italian critic and dramatist (b. 1713)  

1797  On December - 26 john Wilkes, English journalist/Higher/Lower house leader, dies at 72  

1827  On December - 26 jan David Holland, composer, dies at 81  

1836  Hans Georg Nageli, composer, dies at 63 on December - 26.  

1837  On December - 26 martinus van Marum, chemist/physicist (giant salamander), dies at 87  

1861  On this day in history death of philip St George Cocke, Confederate brig-gen, commits suicide at 52  

1862  Death of 38 Santee Sioux indians, hanged in Mankato on this day in history.  

1866  Samuel Ryan Curtis, Union general-major, dies at 49 on this day in history.  

1869  On December - 26 death of jean Louis Marie Poiseuille, French physiologist (b. 1797)  

1879  Jean Leonard Marie Poiseuille, dies on this day in history.  

1887  Jules Francois Blasini, Curacaos pianist/composer, dies at 40 on this day in history.  

1890  Heinrich Schliemann, German archaeologist (Trojan War), dies at 86 on this day in history.  

1909  On this day in history death of frederic Remington, American artist (b. 1861)  

1916  Bernhard Scholz, composer, dies at 81 on this day in history.  

1917  Louise J Gautier, French poetess/daughter of Theophile G, dies at 71 on December - 26.  

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1194  On this day in history birth of frederick II, Iesi Italy, German Emperor (1212-1250)/King of Sicily  

1532  Guilielmus Xylander, German classical scholar (d. 1576) was born on December - 26.  

1536  Yi I, Korean Confucian scholar (d. 1584) was born on December - 26.  

1542  On this day in history birth of tokugawa Ieyasu, unifier of Japan and first Tokugawa Shogun (d. 1616)  

1618  On December - 26 birth of elisabeth, Paltsgravin of Rhine/abbess  

1633  On this day in history birth of charles E Biset, Flemish painter, baptised  

1646  On this day in history birth of robert Bolling, English settler in Virginia (d. 1709)  

1660  On this day in history birth of peter Schenck, German/Neth engraver/publisher, baptised