Historical Events In December - 26

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

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

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1492  On this day in history 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  Uprising of Morisco's against suppression in Granada on December - 26.  

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

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

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

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

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

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 December - 26 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 this day in history.  

1679  On this day in history 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 this day in history 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 this day in history 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 December - 26 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  Frederick II, Iesi Italy, German Emperor (1212-1250)/King of Sicily was born on this day in history.  

1532  Guilielmus Xylander, German classical scholar (d. 1576) was born on December - 26.  

1536  Yi I, Korean Confucian scholar (d. 1584) was born on December - 26.  

1542  On December - 26 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  Peter Schenck, German/Neth engraver/publisher, baptised was born on December - 26.  

0267  Dionysius, bishop of Rome/saint, dies on this day in history.  

0268  Death of Pope Dionysius on December - 26.  

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

1458  Death of Arthur III, Duke of Brittany (b. 1393) on this day in history.  

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  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