Historical Events In December - 26

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

0268  On this day in history st Dionysius ends his reign as Catholic Pope  

0268  Pope Dionysius on this day in history.  

0418  St Zosimus ends his reign as Catholic Pope on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

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

1350  On December - 26 jean de Marigny, French bishop  

1476  Galeazzo Maria Sforza, duke of Milan, murdered on December - 26.  

1481  Battle at Westbroek: Dutch army beats Utrecht on December - 26.  

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1492  1st Spanish settlement in New World founded, by Columbus on December - 26.  

1530  Zahir al-Din Mohammed Babur Shah, founder Mogols-dynasty, dies at 47 on this day in history.  

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 December - 26.  

1613  Robert Carr, 1st Earl of Somerset, marries Frances Howard, occasioning John Donne's "Eclogue" on this day in history.  

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

1620  Pilgrims arrived at Plymouth, MA on December - 26.  

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

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

1633  On December - 26 charles E Biset, Flemish painter, baptised  

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

1659  Long Parliament reforms in Westminster on December - 26.  

1660  Peter Schenck, German/Neth engraver/publisher, baptised on December - 26.  

1676  On December - 26 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  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 December - 26 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 December - 26.  

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

1748  On December - 26 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  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 December - 26 birth of peter Schenck, German/Neth engraver/publisher, baptised  

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

0268  On December - 26 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 this day in history.  

1476  Death of Galeazzo Maria Sforza, duke of Milan, murdered on December - 26.  

1530  On this day in history zahir al-Din Mohammed Babur Shah, founder Mogols-dynasty, dies at 47  

1574  On December - 26 charles Guise, archbishop/cardinal of Reims, dies at 50  

1624  On this day in history simon Marius, astronomer, dies in Bavaria at 54