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  On this day in history pope Dionysius  

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

0795  St Leo III begins his reign as Catholic Pope on this day in history.  

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

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  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 this day in history.  

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

1574  On December - 26 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 December - 26 elisabeth, Paltsgravin of Rhine/abbess  

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

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

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

1676  On December - 26 domenicus van Tol, Dutch painter, dies  

1679  On December - 26 john van de Cappelle, Amsterdam landscape painter, dies at 53  

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  Thomas Gray, English poet (Elegy Written in a Country Church Yard) on this day in history.  

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  Anthony Ziesenis, architect/sculptor (Town Hall of Westzaan) on December - 26.  

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

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

1740  On December - 26 mauritius Louis II earl of Nassau, lt-gen (12 children), dies  

1748  France & Austria signs treaty about Southern Netherlands on this day in history.  

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

1532  On this day in history birth of guilielmus Xylander, German classical scholar (d. 1576)  

1536  On December - 26 birth of yi I, Korean Confucian scholar (d. 1584)  

1542  On this day in history birth of tokugawa Ieyasu, unifier of Japan and first Tokugawa Shogun (d. 1616)  

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

1633  Charles E Biset, Flemish painter, baptised was born on this day in history.  

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  Death of Pope Dionysius on this day in history.  

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  Death of Galeazzo Maria Sforza, duke of Milan, murdered on December - 26.  

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