Famous Deaths Happened In December - 26

0267  On this day in history dionysius, bishop of Rome/saint, dies   

0268  Death of Pope Dionysius on this day in history.   

1350  Death of Jean de Marigny, French bishop on this day in history.   

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

1476  Death of Galeazzo Maria Sforza, duke of Milan, murdered on this day in history.   

1530  On this day in history zahir al-Din Mohammed Babur Shah, founder Mogols-dynasty, dies at 47   

1574  Charles Guise, archbishop/cardinal of Reims, dies at 50 on December - 26.   

1624  On December - 26 simon Marius, astronomer, dies in Bavaria at 54   

1627  Gonzaga, Italian monarch of Mantua/Monferrato, dies on this day in history.   

1658  On this day in history simon Guillain, French sculptor (Castle of Blois/Sorbonne), dies at 78   

1676  On this day in history domenicus van Tol, Dutch painter, dies   

1679  John van de Cappelle, Amsterdam landscape painter, dies at 53 on December - 26.   

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  Mauritius Louis II earl of Nassau, lt-gen (12 children), dies on December - 26.   

1771  On December - 26 death of claude Adrien Helvétius, French philosopher (b. 1715)   

1776  On this day in history johann Gottlieb Rall, Hessian colonel/mercenary, dies in battle   

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

1784  On December - 26 death of seth Warner, American revolutionary leader (b. 1743)   

1786  Death of Gasparo Gozzi, Italian critic and dramatist (b. 1713) on December - 26.   

1797  On this day in history john Wilkes, English journalist/Higher/Lower house leader, dies at 72   

1827  Jan David Holland, composer, dies at 81 on December - 26.   

1836  Hans Georg Nageli, composer, dies at 63 on this day in history.   

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

1861  On December - 26 death of philip St George Cocke, Confederate brig-gen, commits suicide at 52   

1862  On December - 26 death of 38 Santee Sioux indians, hanged in Mankato   

1866  On December - 26 samuel Ryan Curtis, Union general-major, dies at 49   

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

1879  On December - 26 jean Leonard Marie Poiseuille, dies   

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

1890  On this day in history heinrich Schliemann, German archaeologist (Trojan War), dies at 86   

1909  Death of Frederic Remington, American artist (b. 1861) on December - 26.   

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

1917  On this day in history louise J Gautier, French poetess/daughter of Theophile G, dies at 71   

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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 this day in history.   

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

1542  Tokugawa Ieyasu, unifier of Japan and first Tokugawa Shogun (d. 1616) was born on this day in history.   

1618  On this day in history 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  Peter Schenck, German/Neth engraver/publisher, baptised was born on December - 26.