Famous Deaths In December - 26

0267  On this day in history dionysius, bishop of Rome/saint, dies  

0268  Death of Pope Dionysius on December - 26.  

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

1458  On December - 26 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  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  Gonzaga, Italian monarch of Mantua/Monferrato, dies on December - 26.  

1658  Simon Guillain, French sculptor (Castle of Blois/Sorbonne), dies at 78 on December - 26.  

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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  On December - 26 mauritius Louis II earl of Nassau, lt-gen (12 children), dies  

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  On this day in history 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  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 this day in history.  

1836  On this day in history hans Georg Nageli, composer, dies at 63  

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 December - 26.  

1862  On December - 26 death of 38 Santee Sioux indians, hanged in Mankato  

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

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  Louise J Gautier, French poetess/daughter of Theophile G, dies at 71 on this day in history.  

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

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

1536  Yi I, Korean Confucian scholar (d. 1584) was born on December - 26.  

1542  Tokugawa Ieyasu, unifier of Japan and first Tokugawa Shogun (d. 1616) was born on this day in history.  

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  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.