Historical Events In December - 26

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

0268  St Dionysius ends his reign as Catholic Pope on this day in history.   

0268  Pope Dionysius on this day in history.   

0418  St Zosimus ends his reign as Catholic Pope on December - 26.   

0795  On this day in history 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  On this day in history jean de Marigny, French bishop   

1476  Galeazzo Maria Sforza, duke of Milan, murdered on December - 26.   

1481  Battle at Westbroek: Dutch army beats Utrecht on this day in history.   

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

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

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

1574  On December - 26 charles Guise, archbishop/cardinal of Reims, dies at 50   

1613  Robert Carr, 1st Earl of Somerset, marries Frances Howard, occasioning John Donne's "Eclogue" on December - 26.   

1618  Elisabeth, Paltsgravin of Rhine/abbess on this day in history.   

1620  On this day in history pilgrims arrived at Plymouth, MA   

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

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

1633  Charles E Biset, Flemish painter, baptised on December - 26.   

1658  Simon Guillain, French sculptor (Castle of Blois/Sorbonne), dies at 78 on this day in history.   

1659  On this day in history long Parliament reforms in Westminster   

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

1676  On this day in history domenicus van Tol, Dutch painter, dies   

1679  On December - 26 john van de Cappelle, Amsterdam landscape painter, dies at 53   

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

1716  The birth of Thomas Gray, English Poet on December - 26.   

1716  Thomas Gray, English poet (Elegy Written in a Country Church Yard) on this day in history.   

1727  In France Louis-François Duplessis de Mornay appointed Bishop of Quebec on death of Mgr. de Saint-Vallier; he never came to Canada on this day in history.   

1731  Anthony Ziesenis, architect/sculptor (Town Hall of Westzaan) on this day in history.   

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

1738  Thomas Nelson, merchant, signer of Declaration of Independence on this day in history.   

1740  Mauritius Louis II earl of Nassau, lt-gen (12 children), dies on this day in history.   

1748  France & Austria signs treaty about Southern Netherlands on this day in history.   

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1194  Frederick II, Iesi Italy, German Emperor (1212-1250)/King of Sicily was born on December - 26.   

1532  Guilielmus Xylander, German classical scholar (d. 1576) was born on this day in history.   

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

1542  On this day in history 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 this day in history 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  On this day in history dionysius, bishop of Rome/saint, dies   

0268  Death of Pope Dionysius on this day in history.   

1350  On December - 26 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 this day in history.   

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

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