Famous Deaths Happened In December - 26

0267  Dionysius, bishop of Rome/saint, dies on this day in history.   

0268  Death of Pope Dionysius on this day in history.   

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

1458  On this day in history 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  On this day in history simon Marius, astronomer, dies in Bavaria at 54   

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

1658  On December - 26 simon Guillain, French sculptor (Castle of Blois/Sorbonne), dies at 78   

1676  Domenicus van Tol, Dutch painter, dies on December - 26.   

1679  John van de Cappelle, Amsterdam landscape painter, dies at 53 on December - 26.   

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 this day in history 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  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  On December - 26 death of seth Warner, American revolutionary leader (b. 1743)   

1786  Death of Gasparo Gozzi, Italian critic and dramatist (b. 1713) on this day in history.   

1797  On December - 26 john Wilkes, English journalist/Higher/Lower house leader, dies at 72   

1827  Jan David Holland, composer, dies at 81 on December - 26.   

1836  Hans Georg Nageli, composer, dies at 63 on December - 26.   

1837  Martinus van Marum, chemist/physicist (giant salamander), dies at 87 on this day in history.   

1861  Death of Philip St George Cocke, Confederate brig-gen, commits suicide at 52 on December - 26.   

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 December - 26 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  On this day in history death of frederic Remington, American artist (b. 1861)   

1916  Bernhard Scholz, composer, dies at 81 on this day in history.   

1917  Louise J Gautier, French poetess/daughter of Theophile G, dies at 71 on this day in history.   

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1194  On this day in history 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  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 this day in history birth of elisabeth, Paltsgravin of Rhine/abbess   

1633  On December - 26 birth of charles E Biset, Flemish painter, baptised   

1646  Robert Bolling, English settler in Virginia (d. 1709) was born on this day in history.   

1660  On December - 26 birth of peter Schenck, German/Neth engraver/publisher, baptised