Historical Events In December - 26

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

0268  St Dionysius ends his reign as Catholic Pope on December - 26.  

0268  Pope Dionysius on this day in history.  

0418  St Zosimus ends his reign as Catholic Pope on this day in history.  

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

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

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.  

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

1530  On this day in history zahir al-Din Mohammed Babur Shah, founder Mogols-dynasty, dies at 47  

1568  Uprising of Morisco's against suppression in Granada on this day in history.  

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  On this day in history elisabeth, Paltsgravin of Rhine/abbess  

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 this day in history gonzaga, Italian monarch of Mantua/Monferrato, dies  

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 December - 26.  

1660  Peter Schenck, German/Neth engraver/publisher, baptised on December - 26.  

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  On this day in history 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  In France Louis-François Duplessis de Mornay appointed Bishop of Quebec on death of Mgr. de Saint-Vallier; he never came to Canada on this day in history.  

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  Mauritius Louis II earl of Nassau, lt-gen (12 children), dies on December - 26.  

1748  France & Austria signs treaty about Southern Netherlands on December - 26.  

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

1532  Guilielmus Xylander, German classical scholar (d. 1576) was born on this day in history.  

1536  On this day in history birth of yi I, Korean Confucian scholar (d. 1584)  

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  On December - 26 birth of charles E Biset, Flemish painter, baptised  

1646  Robert Bolling, English settler in Virginia (d. 1709) was born on December - 26.  

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

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

0268  On December - 26 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 December - 26.  

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

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