Famous Deaths In December - 26

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

0268  Death of Pope Dionysius on this day in history.   

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 December - 26.   

1530  On December - 26 zahir al-Din Mohammed Babur Shah, founder Mogols-dynasty, dies at 47   

1574  On this day in history charles Guise, archbishop/cardinal of Reims, dies at 50   

1624  On December - 26 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.   

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 this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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

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  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 this day in history.   

1797  John Wilkes, English journalist/Higher/Lower house leader, dies at 72 on December - 26.   

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 December - 26 martinus van Marum, chemist/physicist (giant salamander), dies at 87   

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  Samuel Ryan Curtis, Union general-major, dies at 49 on December - 26.   

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

1879  On December - 26 jean Leonard Marie Poiseuille, dies   

1887  Jules Francois Blasini, Curacaos pianist/composer, dies at 40 on this day in history.   

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

1909  On this day in history death of frederic Remington, American artist (b. 1861)   

1916  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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  On December - 26 birth of tokugawa Ieyasu, unifier of Japan and first Tokugawa Shogun (d. 1616)   

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 December - 26 birth of robert Bolling, English settler in Virginia (d. 1709)   

1660  On this day in history birth of peter Schenck, German/Neth engraver/publisher, baptised