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

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 December - 26.   

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

1476  Galeazzo Maria Sforza, duke of Milan, murdered on this day in history.   

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  On December - 26 uprising of Morisco's against suppression in Granada   

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

1658  On December - 26 simon Guillain, French sculptor (Castle of Blois/Sorbonne), dies at 78   

1659  Long Parliament reforms in Westminster on this day in history.   

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

1676  Domenicus van Tol, Dutch painter, dies on this day in history.   

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 December - 26 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  On this day in history antonio Caldara, composer, dies   

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 December - 26.   

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

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

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 December - 26.   

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

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

1646  On December - 26 birth of robert Bolling, English settler in Virginia (d. 1709)   

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  Death of Pope Dionysius on this day in history.   

1350  Death of Jean de Marigny, French bishop on this day in history.   

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