Famous Deaths Happened In December - 26

0267  On December - 26 dionysius, bishop of Rome/saint, dies   

0268  On this day in history death of pope Dionysius   

1350  On this day in history death of jean de Marigny, French bishop   

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  On December - 26 charles Guise, archbishop/cardinal of Reims, dies at 50   

1624  On December - 26 simon Marius, astronomer, dies in Bavaria at 54   

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

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  John van de Cappelle, Amsterdam landscape painter, dies at 53 on this day in history.   

1731  On December - 26 death of antoine Houdar de la Motte, French writer (b. 1672)   

1736  On this day in history antonio Caldara, composer, dies   

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

1771  On December - 26 death of claude Adrien Helvétius, French philosopher (b. 1715)   

1776  On this day in history johann Gottlieb Rall, Hessian colonel/mercenary, dies in battle   

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

1784  Death of Seth Warner, American revolutionary leader (b. 1743) on December - 26.   

1786  On December - 26 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  On December - 26 jan David Holland, composer, dies at 81   

1836  On December - 26 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  On this day in history death of 38 Santee Sioux indians, hanged in Mankato   

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

1869  On December - 26 death of jean Louis Marie Poiseuille, French physiologist (b. 1797)   

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

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

1890  On this day in history heinrich Schliemann, German archaeologist (Trojan War), dies at 86   

1909  Death of Frederic Remington, American artist (b. 1861) on this day in history.   

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  On December - 26 birth of frederick II, Iesi Italy, German Emperor (1212-1250)/King of Sicily   

1532  Guilielmus Xylander, German classical scholar (d. 1576) was born on this day in history.   

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 December - 26.   

1618  On this day in history 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.