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 December - 26.  

0795  On this day in history st Leo III begins his reign as Catholic Pope  

1194  Frederick II, Iesi Italy, German Emperor (1212-1250)/King of Sicily on December - 26.  

1198  On December - 26 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 December - 26.  

1492  On December - 26 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 this day in history.  

1574  Charles Guise, archbishop/cardinal of Reims, dies at 50 on this day in history.  

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

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

1620  On December - 26 pilgrims arrived at Plymouth, MA  

1624  Simon Marius, astronomer, dies in Bavaria at 54 on December - 26.  

1627  Gonzaga, Italian monarch of Mantua/Monferrato, dies on December - 26.  

1633  On this day in history charles E Biset, Flemish painter, baptised  

1658  Simon Guillain, French sculptor (Castle of Blois/Sorbonne), dies at 78 on December - 26.  

1659  On December - 26 long Parliament reforms in Westminster  

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

1676  Domenicus van Tol, Dutch painter, dies on December - 26.  

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

1687  On December - 26 johann Georg Pisendel, German violinist/composer  

1716  The birth of Thomas Gray, English Poet on December - 26.  

1716  On this day in history thomas Gray, English poet (Elegy Written in a Country Church Yard)  

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 December - 26.  

1731  Anthony Ziesenis, architect/sculptor (Town Hall of Westzaan) on December - 26.  

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

1738  On this day in history thomas Nelson, merchant, signer of Declaration of Independence  

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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1194  Frederick II, Iesi Italy, German Emperor (1212-1250)/King of Sicily was born on December - 26.  

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

1536  Yi I, Korean Confucian scholar (d. 1584) was born on December - 26.  

1542  Tokugawa Ieyasu, unifier of Japan and first Tokugawa Shogun (d. 1616) was born on this day in history.  

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

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 this day in history 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 December - 26 death of jean de Marigny, French bishop  

1458  On this day in history death of arthur III, Duke of Brittany (b. 1393)  

1476  On this day in history death of galeazzo Maria Sforza, duke of Milan, murdered  

1530  On this day in history 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