Famous Deaths Happened In December - 26

0267  Dionysius, bishop of Rome/saint, dies on December - 26.   

0268  Death of Pope Dionysius on this day in history.   

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

1458  Death of Arthur III, Duke of Brittany (b. 1393) on this day in history.   

1476  On this day in history death of galeazzo Maria Sforza, duke of Milan, murdered   

1530  Zahir al-Din Mohammed Babur Shah, founder Mogols-dynasty, dies at 47 on this day in history.   

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

1624  On this day in history simon Marius, astronomer, dies in Bavaria at 54   

1627  Gonzaga, Italian monarch of Mantua/Monferrato, dies on December - 26.   

1658  Simon Guillain, French sculptor (Castle of Blois/Sorbonne), dies at 78 on this day in history.   

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

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

1731  On this day in history death of antoine Houdar de la Motte, French writer (b. 1672)   

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

1740  Mauritius Louis II earl of Nassau, lt-gen (12 children), dies on this day in history.   

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 December - 26.   

1786  Death of Gasparo Gozzi, Italian critic and dramatist (b. 1713) on this day in history.   

1797  John Wilkes, English journalist/Higher/Lower house leader, dies at 72 on this day in history.   

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  Martinus van Marum, chemist/physicist (giant salamander), dies at 87 on this day in history.   

1861  Death of Philip St George Cocke, Confederate brig-gen, commits suicide at 52 on this day in history.   

1862  Death of 38 Santee Sioux indians, hanged in Mankato on December - 26.   

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

1869  Death of Jean Louis Marie Poiseuille, French physiologist (b. 1797) on this day in history.   

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

1887  On this day in history jules Francois Blasini, Curacaos pianist/composer, dies at 40   

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 this day in history.   

1916  Bernhard Scholz, composer, dies at 81 on December - 26.   

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

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1194  Frederick II, Iesi Italy, German Emperor (1212-1250)/King of Sicily was born on December - 26.   

1532  On this day in history birth of guilielmus Xylander, German classical scholar (d. 1576)   

1536  Yi I, Korean Confucian scholar (d. 1584) was born on this day in history.   

1542  On December - 26 birth of tokugawa Ieyasu, unifier of Japan and first Tokugawa Shogun (d. 1616)   

1618  Elisabeth, Paltsgravin of Rhine/abbess was born on December - 26.   

1633  Charles E Biset, Flemish painter, baptised was born on December - 26.   

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

1660  On December - 26 birth of peter Schenck, German/Neth engraver/publisher, baptised