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 December - 26.  

0268  Pope Dionysius on December - 26.  

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

0795  St Leo III begins his reign as Catholic Pope on December - 26.  

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

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

1350  On December - 26 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  

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  Uprising of Morisco's against suppression in Granada on this day in history.  

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

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

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

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

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

1659  Long Parliament reforms in Westminster on this day in history.  

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

1676  On December - 26 domenicus van Tol, Dutch painter, dies  

1679  John van de Cappelle, Amsterdam landscape painter, dies at 53 on December - 26.  

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

1716  On this day in history the birth of Thomas Gray, English Poet  

1716  On this day in history 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 December - 26 antonio Caldara, composer, dies  

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

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

1748  On December - 26 france & Austria signs treaty about Southern Netherlands  

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1194  On December - 26 birth of frederick II, Iesi Italy, German Emperor (1212-1250)/King of Sicily  

1532  On this day in history birth of guilielmus Xylander, German classical scholar (d. 1576)  

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

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

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 this day in history.  

0268  On December - 26 death of pope Dionysius  

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

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

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

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