Historical Events In December - 26

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

0268  On December - 26 st Dionysius ends his reign as Catholic Pope   

0268  Pope Dionysius on December - 26.   

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 this day in history.   

1198  French bishop Odo van Sully condemns Zottenfeest on December - 26.   

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

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

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 December - 26.   

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

1618  On December - 26 elisabeth, Paltsgravin of Rhine/abbess   

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

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

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

1633  Charles E Biset, Flemish painter, baptised on December - 26.   

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 this day in history.   

1679  On this day in history john van de Cappelle, Amsterdam landscape painter, dies at 53   

1687  Johann Georg Pisendel, German violinist/composer on this day in history.   

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 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  On this day in history anthony Ziesenis, architect/sculptor (Town Hall of Westzaan)   

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

1738  Thomas Nelson, merchant, signer of Declaration of Independence on this day in history.   

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

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

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 this day in history.   

1618  On December - 26 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  On December - 26 birth of peter Schenck, German/Neth engraver/publisher, baptised   

0267  On December - 26 dionysius, bishop of Rome/saint, dies   

0268  On December - 26 death of pope Dionysius   

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 December - 26 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  On this day in history simon Marius, astronomer, dies in Bavaria at 54