Famous Deaths Happened In December - 26

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

0268  On December - 26 death of pope Dionysius   

1350  On December - 26 death of jean de Marigny, French bishop   

1458  On December - 26 death of arthur III, Duke of Brittany (b. 1393)   

1476  On December - 26 death of galeazzo Maria Sforza, duke of Milan, murdered   

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

1627  Gonzaga, Italian monarch of Mantua/Monferrato, dies on this day in history.   

1658  Simon Guillain, French sculptor (Castle of Blois/Sorbonne), dies at 78 on December - 26.   

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

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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1776  Johann Gottlieb Rall, Hessian colonel/mercenary, dies in battle on December - 26.   

1780  Death of John Fothergill, English physician (b. 1712) on December - 26.   

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

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 this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1861  On this day in history death of philip St George Cocke, Confederate brig-gen, commits suicide at 52   

1862  On December - 26 death of 38 Santee Sioux indians, hanged in Mankato   

1866  On December - 26 samuel Ryan Curtis, Union general-major, dies at 49   

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

1879  Jean Leonard Marie Poiseuille, dies on December - 26.   

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 December - 26.   

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

1916  On December - 26 bernhard Scholz, composer, dies at 81   

1917  Louise J Gautier, French poetess/daughter of Theophile G, dies at 71 on December - 26.   

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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 December - 26.   

1618  Elisabeth, Paltsgravin of Rhine/abbess was born on December - 26.   

1633  On this day in history 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