Famous Deaths Happened In December - 26

0267  On December - 26 dionysius, bishop of Rome/saint, dies   

0268  Death of Pope Dionysius on December - 26.   

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

1458  On December - 26 death of arthur III, Duke of Brittany (b. 1393)   

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 December - 26.   

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.   

1627  On December - 26 gonzaga, Italian monarch of Mantua/Monferrato, dies   

1658  Simon Guillain, French sculptor (Castle of Blois/Sorbonne), dies at 78 on this day in history.   

1676  On this day in history domenicus van Tol, Dutch painter, dies   

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

1731  Death of Antoine Houdar de la Motte, French writer (b. 1672) on this day in history.   

1736  Antonio Caldara, composer, dies on this day in history.   

1740  On this day in history mauritius Louis II earl of Nassau, lt-gen (12 children), dies   

1771  On December - 26 death of claude Adrien Helvétius, French philosopher (b. 1715)   

1776  Johann Gottlieb Rall, Hessian colonel/mercenary, dies in battle on this day in history.   

1780  On December - 26 death of john Fothergill, English physician (b. 1712)   

1784  Death of Seth Warner, American revolutionary leader (b. 1743) on this day in history.   

1786  On December - 26 death of gasparo Gozzi, Italian critic and dramatist (b. 1713)   

1797  John Wilkes, English journalist/Higher/Lower house leader, dies at 72 on December - 26.   

1827  Jan David Holland, composer, dies at 81 on this day in history.   

1836  Hans Georg Nageli, composer, dies at 63 on this day in history.   

1837  Martinus van Marum, chemist/physicist (giant salamander), dies at 87 on December - 26.   

1861  Death of Philip St George Cocke, Confederate brig-gen, commits suicide at 52 on this day in history.   

1862  On December - 26 death of 38 Santee Sioux indians, hanged in Mankato   

1866  Samuel Ryan Curtis, Union general-major, dies at 49 on December - 26.   

1869  Death of Jean Louis Marie Poiseuille, French physiologist (b. 1797) on December - 26.   

1879  On this day in history jean Leonard Marie Poiseuille, dies   

1887  On this day in history jules Francois Blasini, Curacaos pianist/composer, dies at 40   

1890  On December - 26 heinrich Schliemann, German archaeologist (Trojan War), dies at 86   

1909  On December - 26 death of frederic Remington, American artist (b. 1861)   

1916  Bernhard Scholz, composer, dies at 81 on December - 26.   

1917  On December - 26 louise J Gautier, French poetess/daughter of Theophile G, dies at 71   

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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  On this day in history birth of yi I, Korean Confucian scholar (d. 1584)   

1542  On December - 26 birth of tokugawa Ieyasu, unifier of Japan and first Tokugawa Shogun (d. 1616)   

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

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

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