Famous Deaths Happened In December - 26

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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1194  Frederick II, Iesi Italy, German Emperor (1212-1250)/King of Sicily was born on this day in history.   

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

1536  On December - 26 birth of yi I, Korean Confucian scholar (d. 1584)   

1542  Tokugawa Ieyasu, unifier of Japan and first Tokugawa Shogun (d. 1616) was born on December - 26.   

1618  Elisabeth, Paltsgravin of Rhine/abbess was born on this day in history.   

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

1646  Robert Bolling, English settler in Virginia (d. 1709) was born on this day in history.   

1660  Peter Schenck, German/Neth engraver/publisher, baptised was born on December - 26.