Famous Deaths In December - 26

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

0268  Death of Pope Dionysius on December - 26.  

1350  On December - 26 death of jean de Marigny, French bishop  

1458  Death of Arthur III, Duke of Brittany (b. 1393) on December - 26.  

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

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

1574  On December - 26 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 this day in history.  

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

1676  Domenicus van Tol, Dutch painter, dies on this day in history.  

1679  On December - 26 john van de Cappelle, Amsterdam landscape painter, dies at 53  

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

1736  On December - 26 antonio Caldara, composer, dies  

1740  Mauritius Louis II earl of Nassau, lt-gen (12 children), dies on December - 26.  

1771  Death of Claude Adrien Helvétius, French philosopher (b. 1715) on December - 26.  

1776  On December - 26 johann Gottlieb Rall, Hessian colonel/mercenary, dies in battle  

1780  Death of John Fothergill, English physician (b. 1712) on this day in history.  

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

1786  On this day in history death of gasparo Gozzi, Italian critic and dramatist (b. 1713)  

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 December - 26.  

1837  On December - 26 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  On this day in history death of 38 Santee Sioux indians, hanged in Mankato  

1866  Samuel Ryan Curtis, Union general-major, dies at 49 on this day in history.  

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

1879  On December - 26 jean Leonard Marie Poiseuille, dies  

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

1890  On December - 26 heinrich Schliemann, German archaeologist (Trojan War), dies at 86  

1909  On December - 26 death of frederic Remington, American artist (b. 1861)  

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  On this day in history birth of frederick II, Iesi Italy, German Emperor (1212-1250)/King of Sicily  

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 this day in history.  

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.