Famous Deaths In December - 26

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

0268  On December - 26 death of pope Dionysius  

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  On December - 26 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  Charles Guise, archbishop/cardinal of Reims, dies at 50 on this day in history.  

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

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

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

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1676  Domenicus van Tol, Dutch painter, dies on December - 26.  

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

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

1776  Johann Gottlieb Rall, Hessian colonel/mercenary, dies in battle on this day in history.  

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

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  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 this day in history.  

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 December - 26.  

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

1890  Heinrich Schliemann, German archaeologist (Trojan War), dies at 86 on December - 26.  

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

1916  On December - 26 bernhard Scholz, composer, dies at 81  

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  On December - 26 birth of guilielmus Xylander, German classical scholar (d. 1576)  

1536  On this day in history birth of yi I, Korean Confucian scholar (d. 1584)  

1542  On December - 26 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  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  Peter Schenck, German/Neth engraver/publisher, baptised was born on this day in history.