Famous Deaths In December - 26

0267  Dionysius, bishop of Rome/saint, dies on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

1476  On December - 26 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  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  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.  

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

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

1731  Death of Antoine Houdar de la Motte, French writer (b. 1672) on this day in history.  

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  On this day in history death of claude Adrien Helvétius, French philosopher (b. 1715)  

1776  Johann Gottlieb Rall, Hessian colonel/mercenary, dies in battle on December - 26.  

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

1797  On December - 26 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  On this day in history hans Georg Nageli, composer, dies at 63  

1837  On this day in history martinus van Marum, chemist/physicist (giant salamander), dies at 87  

1861  Death of Philip St George Cocke, Confederate brig-gen, commits suicide at 52 on December - 26.  

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

1866  On this day in history samuel Ryan Curtis, Union general-major, dies at 49  

1869  Death of Jean Louis Marie Poiseuille, French physiologist (b. 1797) on December - 26.  

1879  Jean Leonard Marie Poiseuille, dies on December - 26.  

1887  On December - 26 jules Francois Blasini, Curacaos pianist/composer, dies at 40  

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

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

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

1917  On December - 26 louise J Gautier, French poetess/daughter of Theophile G, dies at 71  

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

1532  Guilielmus Xylander, German classical scholar (d. 1576) was born on December - 26.  

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

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 December - 26.  

1633  Charles E Biset, Flemish painter, baptised was born on this day in history.  

1646  Robert Bolling, English settler in Virginia (d. 1709) was born on December - 26.  

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