Famous Deaths In December - 26

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

0268  Death of Pope Dionysius on December - 26.   

1350  On December - 26 death of jean de Marigny, French bishop   

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

1627  On this day in history gonzaga, Italian monarch of Mantua/Monferrato, dies   

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

1676  Domenicus van Tol, Dutch painter, dies on December - 26.   

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 this day in history.   

1736  Antonio Caldara, composer, dies on December - 26.   

1740  Mauritius Louis II earl of Nassau, lt-gen (12 children), dies on December - 26.   

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

1776  On this day in history johann Gottlieb Rall, Hessian colonel/mercenary, dies in battle   

1780  Death of John Fothergill, English physician (b. 1712) on this day in history.   

1784  Death of Seth Warner, American revolutionary leader (b. 1743) on December - 26.   

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  On this day in history jan David Holland, composer, dies at 81   

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  On this day in history death of philip St George Cocke, Confederate brig-gen, commits suicide at 52   

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

1866  Samuel Ryan Curtis, Union general-major, dies at 49 on this day in history.   

1869  On December - 26 death of jean Louis Marie Poiseuille, French physiologist (b. 1797)   

1879  Jean Leonard Marie Poiseuille, dies on December - 26.   

1887  Jules Francois Blasini, Curacaos pianist/composer, dies at 40 on December - 26.   

1890  Heinrich Schliemann, German archaeologist (Trojan War), dies at 86 on this day in history.   

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

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

1917  On this day in history louise J Gautier, French poetess/daughter of Theophile G, dies at 71   

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1194  On December - 26 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  Tokugawa Ieyasu, unifier of Japan and first Tokugawa Shogun (d. 1616) was born on December - 26.   

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

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

1646  On this day in history birth of robert Bolling, English settler in Virginia (d. 1709)   

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