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Historical Events In December - 26
Friday, 18 October 2019
0267 On this day in history dionysius, bishop of Rome/saint, dies 
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 this day in history.
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 December - 26.
1198 French bishop Odo van Sully condemns Zottenfeest on December - 26.
1350 Jean de Marigny, French bishop on this day in history.
1476 On December - 26 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 On December - 26 zahir al-Din Mohammed Babur Shah, founder Mogols-dynasty, dies at 47
1568 Uprising of Morisco's against suppression in Granada on December - 26.
1574 Charles Guise, archbishop/cardinal of Reims, dies at 50 on this day in history.
1613 On this day in history 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 December - 26 pilgrims arrived at Plymouth, MA
1624 Simon Marius, astronomer, dies in Bavaria at 54 on December - 26.
1627 On this day in history gonzaga, Italian monarch of Mantua/Monferrato, dies
1633 On this day in history charles E Biset, Flemish painter, baptised
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 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 Johann Georg Pisendel, German violinist/composer on December - 26.
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 December - 26 anthony Ziesenis, architect/sculptor (Town Hall of Westzaan)
1736 Antonio Caldara, composer, dies on December - 26.
1738 Thomas Nelson, merchant, signer of Declaration of Independence on December - 26.
1740 Mauritius Louis II earl of Nassau, lt-gen (12 children), dies on this day in history.
1748 On December - 26 france & Austria signs treaty about Southern Netherlands