Famous Deaths Happened In December - 26

0267  Dionysius, bishop of Rome/saint, dies on December - 26.   

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  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 December - 26.   

1574  On this day in history charles Guise, archbishop/cardinal of Reims, dies at 50   

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 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.   

1731  Death of Antoine Houdar de la Motte, French writer (b. 1672) on December - 26.   

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 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  Death of John Fothergill, English physician (b. 1712) on December - 26.   

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  On this day in history john Wilkes, English journalist/Higher/Lower house leader, dies at 72   

1827  Jan David Holland, composer, dies at 81 on December - 26.   

1836  On December - 26 hans Georg Nageli, composer, dies at 63   

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 December - 26.   

1862  Death of 38 Santee Sioux indians, hanged in Mankato on this day in history.   

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 December - 26.   

1887  On December - 26 jules Francois Blasini, Curacaos pianist/composer, dies at 40   

1890  Heinrich Schliemann, German archaeologist (Trojan War), dies at 86 on December - 26.   

1909  Death of Frederic Remington, American artist (b. 1861) on this day in history.   

1916  On this day in history bernhard Scholz, composer, dies at 81   

1917  Louise J Gautier, French poetess/daughter of Theophile G, dies at 71 on this day in history.   

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1194  On this day in history birth of frederick II, Iesi Italy, German Emperor (1212-1250)/King of Sicily   

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 this day in history.   

1542  On this day in history 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