Historical Events In December - 26
Tuesday, 15 July 2025
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 On December - 26 pope Dionysius
0418 St Zosimus ends his reign as Catholic Pope on December - 26.
0795 On December - 26 st Leo III begins his reign as Catholic Pope
1194 On this day in history frederick II, Iesi Italy, German Emperor (1212-1250)/King of Sicily
1198 French bishop Odo van Sully condemns Zottenfeest on this day in history.
1350 On December - 26 jean de Marigny, French bishop
1476 On this day in history galeazzo Maria Sforza, duke of Milan, murdered
1481 On this day in history battle at Westbroek: Dutch army beats Utrecht
1492 On this day in history 1st Spanish settlement in New World founded, by Columbus
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 December - 26.
1574 On December - 26 charles Guise, archbishop/cardinal of Reims, dies at 50
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 Pilgrims arrived at Plymouth, MA on December - 26.
1624 On this day in history simon Marius, astronomer, dies in Bavaria at 54
1627 On December - 26 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 this day in history.
1676 On this day in history domenicus van Tol, Dutch painter, dies
1679 John van de Cappelle, Amsterdam landscape painter, dies at 53 on this day in history.
1687 On December - 26 johann Georg Pisendel, German violinist/composer
1716 On December - 26 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 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 Thomas Nelson, merchant, signer of Declaration of Independence on December - 26.
1740 On December - 26 mauritius Louis II earl of Nassau, lt-gen (12 children), dies
1748 On this day in history france & Austria signs treaty about Southern Netherlands
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