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 December - 26.   

0418  On December - 26 st Zosimus ends his reign as Catholic Pope   

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  French bishop Odo van Sully condemns Zottenfeest on December - 26.   

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

1476  Galeazzo Maria Sforza, duke of Milan, murdered on this day in history.   

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

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

1620  Pilgrims arrived at Plymouth, MA on this day in history.   

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  Charles E Biset, Flemish painter, baptised on this day in history.   

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

1659  Long Parliament reforms in Westminster on this day in history.   

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 December - 26.   

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

1716  On December - 26 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 December - 26 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 December - 26.   

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

1738  On December - 26 thomas Nelson, merchant, signer of Declaration of Independence   

1740  Mauritius Louis II earl of Nassau, lt-gen (12 children), dies on this day in history.   

1748  On this day in history france & Austria signs treaty about Southern Netherlands   

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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 this day in history.   

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 December - 26.   

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 this day in history.   

1660  On this day in history birth of peter Schenck, German/Neth engraver/publisher, baptised   

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

0268  On this day in history death of pope Dionysius   

1350  On December - 26 death of jean de Marigny, French bishop   

1458  Death of Arthur III, Duke of Brittany (b. 1393) on December - 26.   

1476  Death of Galeazzo Maria Sforza, duke of Milan, murdered on this day in history.   

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 December - 26.   

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