Famous Deaths Happened In December - 26

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

0268  On December - 26 death of pope Dionysius   

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

1574  Charles Guise, archbishop/cardinal of Reims, dies at 50 on December - 26.   

1624  On December - 26 simon Marius, astronomer, dies in Bavaria at 54   

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

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

1676  On December - 26 domenicus van Tol, Dutch painter, dies   

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

1731  On this day in history death of antoine Houdar de la Motte, French writer (b. 1672)   

1736  On December - 26 antonio Caldara, composer, dies   

1740  Mauritius Louis II earl of Nassau, lt-gen (12 children), dies on this day in history.   

1771  On this day in history death of claude Adrien Helvétius, French philosopher (b. 1715)   

1776  Johann Gottlieb Rall, Hessian colonel/mercenary, dies in battle on December - 26.   

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

1784  On December - 26 death of seth Warner, American revolutionary leader (b. 1743)   

1786  Death of Gasparo Gozzi, Italian critic and dramatist (b. 1713) on December - 26.   

1797  John Wilkes, English journalist/Higher/Lower house leader, dies at 72 on this day in history.   

1827  On December - 26 jan David Holland, composer, dies at 81   

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

1837  On December - 26 martinus van Marum, chemist/physicist (giant salamander), dies at 87   

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

1862  On this day in history death of 38 Santee Sioux indians, hanged in Mankato   

1866  On this day in history samuel Ryan Curtis, Union general-major, dies at 49   

1869  Death of Jean Louis Marie Poiseuille, French physiologist (b. 1797) on this day in history.   

1879  Jean Leonard Marie Poiseuille, dies on this day in history.   

1887  Jules Francois Blasini, Curacaos pianist/composer, dies at 40 on this day in history.   

1890  On this day in history heinrich Schliemann, German archaeologist (Trojan War), dies at 86   

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

1916  On December - 26 bernhard Scholz, composer, dies at 81   

1917  Louise J Gautier, French poetess/daughter of Theophile G, dies at 71 on December - 26.   

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

1532  Guilielmus Xylander, German classical scholar (d. 1576) was born on this day in history.   

1536  Yi I, Korean Confucian scholar (d. 1584) was born on this day in history.   

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

1618  Elisabeth, Paltsgravin of Rhine/abbess was born on December - 26.   

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