Historical Events In December - 26

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

0268  On this day in history st Dionysius ends his reign as Catholic Pope   

0268  On December - 26 pope Dionysius   

0418  On this day in history st Zosimus ends his reign as Catholic Pope   

0795  On December - 26 st Leo III begins his reign as Catholic Pope   

1194  On this day in history frederick II, Iesi Italy, German Emperor (1212-1250)/King of Sicily   

1198  On this day in history french bishop Odo van Sully condemns Zottenfeest   

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

1476  Galeazzo Maria Sforza, duke of Milan, murdered on this day in history.   

1481  Battle at Westbroek: Dutch army beats Utrecht on December - 26.   

1492  1st Spanish settlement in New World founded, by Columbus on December - 26.   

1530  Zahir al-Din Mohammed Babur Shah, founder Mogols-dynasty, dies at 47 on December - 26.   

1568  On this day in history uprising of Morisco's against suppression in Granada   

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

1613  On this day in history robert Carr, 1st Earl of Somerset, marries Frances Howard, occasioning John Donne's "Eclogue".   

1618  On December - 26 elisabeth, Paltsgravin of Rhine/abbess   

1620  Pilgrims arrived at Plymouth, MA on December - 26.   

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

1627  On December - 26 gonzaga, Italian monarch of Mantua/Monferrato, dies   

1633  On this day in history charles E Biset, Flemish painter, baptised   

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

1659  On this day in history long Parliament reforms in Westminster   

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

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.   

1687  On December - 26 johann Georg Pisendel, German violinist/composer   

1716  The birth of Thomas Gray, English Poet on this day in history.   

1716  On December - 26 thomas Gray, English poet (Elegy Written in a Country Church Yard)   

1727  On December - 26 in France Louis-François Duplessis de Mornay appointed Bishop of Quebec on death of Mgr. de Saint-Vallier; he never came to Canada.   

1731  On this day in history anthony Ziesenis, architect/sculptor (Town Hall of Westzaan)   

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

1738  Thomas Nelson, merchant, signer of Declaration of Independence on December - 26.   

1740  On this day in history mauritius Louis II earl of Nassau, lt-gen (12 children), dies   

1748  France & Austria signs treaty about Southern Netherlands on December - 26.   

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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 December - 26.   

1536  Yi I, Korean Confucian scholar (d. 1584) was born on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1633  On this day in history birth of charles E Biset, Flemish painter, baptised   

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   

0267  Dionysius, bishop of Rome/saint, dies on December - 26.   

0268  Death of Pope Dionysius on December - 26.   

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  Death of Galeazzo Maria Sforza, duke of Milan, murdered on December - 26.   

1530  On this day in history zahir al-Din Mohammed Babur Shah, founder Mogols-dynasty, dies at 47   

1574  Charles Guise, archbishop/cardinal of Reims, dies at 50 on December - 26.   

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