Famous Deaths In December - 26

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

0268  On December - 26 death of pope Dionysius  

1350  Death of Jean de Marigny, French bishop on December - 26.  

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  Zahir al-Din Mohammed Babur Shah, founder Mogols-dynasty, dies at 47 on December - 26.  

1574  Charles Guise, archbishop/cardinal of Reims, dies at 50 on this day in history.  

1624  Simon Marius, astronomer, dies in Bavaria at 54 on December - 26.  

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  Domenicus van Tol, Dutch painter, dies on this day in history.  

1679  John van de Cappelle, Amsterdam landscape painter, dies at 53 on this day in history.  

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  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 December - 26.  

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

1780  On December - 26 death of john Fothergill, English physician (b. 1712)  

1784  On this day in history death of seth Warner, American revolutionary leader (b. 1743)  

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  Jan David Holland, composer, dies at 81 on this day in history.  

1836  On December - 26 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  On December - 26 samuel Ryan Curtis, Union general-major, dies at 49  

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 this day in history.  

1890  Heinrich Schliemann, German archaeologist (Trojan War), dies at 86 on this day in history.  

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

1916  Bernhard Scholz, composer, dies at 81 on December - 26.  

1917  On December - 26 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 December - 26.  

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  On December - 26 birth of elisabeth, Paltsgravin of Rhine/abbess  

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 this day in history.  

1660  Peter Schenck, German/Neth engraver/publisher, baptised was born on this day in history.