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 this day in history.  

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

1481  On December - 26 battle at Westbroek: Dutch army beats Utrecht  

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

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

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 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 December - 26.  

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

1659  On December - 26 long Parliament reforms in Westminster  

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

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

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

1736  Antonio Caldara, composer, dies on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

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

1532  On December - 26 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  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

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

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

0268  On December - 26 death of pope Dionysius  

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

1624  On December - 26 simon Marius, astronomer, dies in Bavaria at 54