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 this day in history.  

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

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 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  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 December - 26.  

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

1574  Charles Guise, archbishop/cardinal of Reims, dies at 50 on December - 26.  

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 December - 26.  

1620  On this day in history pilgrims arrived at Plymouth, MA  

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

1627  Gonzaga, Italian monarch of Mantua/Monferrato, dies on this day in history.  

1633  On December - 26 charles E Biset, Flemish painter, baptised  

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  On December - 26 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 December - 26.  

1687  Johann Georg Pisendel, German violinist/composer on December - 26.  

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

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  Anthony Ziesenis, architect/sculptor (Town Hall of Westzaan) on this day in history.  

1736  On this day in history antonio Caldara, composer, dies  

1738  Thomas Nelson, merchant, signer of Declaration of Independence on December - 26.  

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

1532  On December - 26 birth of guilielmus Xylander, German classical scholar (d. 1576)  

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

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  On this day in history birth of charles E Biset, Flemish painter, baptised  

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 this day in history.  

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

0268  On this day in history death of pope Dionysius  

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

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

1574  Charles Guise, archbishop/cardinal of Reims, dies at 50 on this day in history.  

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