Historical Events In December - 26

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

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

0268  Pope Dionysius on December - 26.  

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

0795  St Leo III begins his reign as Catholic Pope on this day in history.  

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

1198  French bishop Odo van Sully condemns Zottenfeest on this day in history.  

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

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

1481  On this day in history battle at Westbroek: Dutch army beats Utrecht  

1492  1st Spanish settlement in New World founded, by Columbus on this day in history.  

1530  On December - 26 zahir al-Din Mohammed Babur Shah, founder Mogols-dynasty, dies at 47  

1568  On December - 26 uprising of Morisco's against suppression in Granada  

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

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

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

1620  Pilgrims arrived at Plymouth, MA on this day in history.  

1624  Simon Marius, astronomer, dies in Bavaria at 54 on this day in history.  

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

1633  Charles E Biset, Flemish painter, baptised on this day in history.  

1658  On this day in history simon Guillain, French sculptor (Castle of Blois/Sorbonne), dies at 78  

1659  Long Parliament reforms in Westminster on December - 26.  

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

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

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

1687  On this day in history 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 this day in history 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 December - 26 anthony Ziesenis, architect/sculptor (Town Hall of Westzaan)  

1736  On December - 26 antonio Caldara, composer, dies  

1738  On this day in history thomas Nelson, merchant, signer of Declaration of Independence  

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 this day in history.  

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 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 December - 26.  

1660  Peter Schenck, German/Neth engraver/publisher, baptised was born on December - 26.  

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

0268  Death of Pope Dionysius on December - 26.  

1350  On this day in history 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  On December - 26 zahir al-Din Mohammed Babur Shah, founder Mogols-dynasty, dies at 47  

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

1624  On this day in history simon Marius, astronomer, dies in Bavaria at 54