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 this day in history.   

1476  Death of Galeazzo Maria Sforza, duke of Milan, murdered on December - 26.   

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  Simon Marius, astronomer, dies in Bavaria at 54 on this day in history.   

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.   

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

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 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  Death of Gasparo Gozzi, Italian critic and dramatist (b. 1713) on December - 26.   

1797  John Wilkes, English journalist/Higher/Lower house leader, dies at 72 on this day in history.   

1827  On December - 26 jan David Holland, composer, dies at 81   

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

1879  On this day in history jean Leonard Marie Poiseuille, dies   

1887  Jules Francois Blasini, Curacaos pianist/composer, dies at 40 on December - 26.   

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

1909  Death of Frederic Remington, American artist (b. 1861) on December - 26.   

1916  On this day in history 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  Frederick II, Iesi Italy, German Emperor (1212-1250)/King of Sicily was born on December - 26.   

1532  On December - 26 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  Elisabeth, Paltsgravin of Rhine/abbess was born on December - 26.   

1633  Charles E Biset, Flemish painter, baptised was born on December - 26.   

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 this day in history.