Historical Events In December - 26

0267  On this day in history dionysius, bishop of Rome/saint, dies  

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

0268  On this day in history pope Dionysius  

0418  On December - 26 st Zosimus ends his reign as Catholic Pope  

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  French bishop Odo van Sully condemns Zottenfeest on December - 26.  

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

1476  On this day in history galeazzo Maria Sforza, duke of Milan, murdered  

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

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

1530  Zahir al-Din Mohammed Babur Shah, founder Mogols-dynasty, dies at 47 on this day in history.  

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

1574  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

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

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

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  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  Long Parliament reforms in Westminster on this day in history.  

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  Johann Georg Pisendel, German violinist/composer on this day in history.  

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 December - 26.  

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  On December - 26 thomas Nelson, merchant, signer of Declaration of Independence  

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  On this day in history birth of guilielmus Xylander, German classical scholar (d. 1576)  

1536  On December - 26 birth of yi I, Korean Confucian scholar (d. 1584)  

1542  On this day in history birth of tokugawa Ieyasu, unifier of Japan and first Tokugawa Shogun (d. 1616)  

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

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

1646  On December - 26 birth of robert Bolling, English settler in Virginia (d. 1709)  

1660  On December - 26 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 December - 26.  

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

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 this day in history.