Famous Deaths Happened In December - 26
Thursday, 10 July 2025
0267 Dionysius, bishop of Rome/saint, dies on this day in history.
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 this day in history 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 December - 26 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 this day in history simon Marius, astronomer, dies in Bavaria at 54
1627 On December - 26 gonzaga, Italian monarch of Mantua/Monferrato, dies
1658 On this day in history simon Guillain, French sculptor (Castle of Blois/Sorbonne), dies at 78
1676 On December - 26 domenicus van Tol, Dutch painter, dies
1679 On this day in history john van de Cappelle, Amsterdam landscape painter, dies at 53
1731 On December - 26 death of antoine Houdar de la Motte, French writer (b. 1672)
1736 Antonio Caldara, composer, dies on December - 26.
1740 On this day in history mauritius Louis II earl of Nassau, lt-gen (12 children), dies
1771 On this day in history death of claude Adrien Helvétius, French philosopher (b. 1715)
1776 On December - 26 johann Gottlieb Rall, Hessian colonel/mercenary, dies in battle
1780 On December - 26 death of john Fothergill, English physician (b. 1712)
1784 Death of Seth Warner, American revolutionary leader (b. 1743) on this day in history.
1786 On December - 26 death of gasparo Gozzi, Italian critic and dramatist (b. 1713)
1797 John Wilkes, English journalist/Higher/Lower house leader, dies at 72 on December - 26.
1827 Jan David Holland, composer, dies at 81 on this day in history.
1836 On December - 26 hans Georg Nageli, composer, dies at 63
1837 On this day in history 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 December - 26.
1866 Samuel Ryan Curtis, Union general-major, dies at 49 on December - 26.
1869 On December - 26 death of jean Louis Marie Poiseuille, French physiologist (b. 1797)
1879 On this day in history jean Leonard Marie Poiseuille, dies
1887 On December - 26 jules Francois Blasini, Curacaos pianist/composer, dies at 40
1890 On December - 26 heinrich Schliemann, German archaeologist (Trojan War), dies at 86
1909 Death of Frederic Remington, American artist (b. 1861) on this day in history.
1916 On this day in history bernhard Scholz, composer, dies at 81
1917 Louise J Gautier, French poetess/daughter of Theophile G, dies at 71 on December - 26.
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