Famous Deaths Happened In December - 26

0267  On this day in history dionysius, bishop of Rome/saint, dies   

0268  On December - 26 death of pope Dionysius   

1350  On this day in history death of jean de Marigny, French bishop   

1458  Death of Arthur III, Duke of Brittany (b. 1393) on December - 26.   

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

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 December - 26.   

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

1658  On this day in history simon Guillain, French sculptor (Castle of Blois/Sorbonne), dies at 78   

1676  On this day in history 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  Antonio Caldara, composer, dies on December - 26.   

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

1771  Death of Claude Adrien Helvétius, French philosopher (b. 1715) on December - 26.   

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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1836  On this day in history hans Georg Nageli, composer, dies at 63   

1837  On this day in history martinus van Marum, chemist/physicist (giant salamander), dies at 87   

1861  On this day in history death of philip St George Cocke, Confederate brig-gen, commits suicide at 52   

1862  Death of 38 Santee Sioux indians, hanged in Mankato on December - 26.   

1866  On December - 26 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 this day in history 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  Bernhard Scholz, composer, dies at 81 on this day in history.   

1917  On this day in history 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  Yi I, Korean Confucian scholar (d. 1584) was born on December - 26.   

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

1618  On this day in history birth of elisabeth, Paltsgravin of Rhine/abbess   

1633  On this day in history 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  On this day in history birth of peter Schenck, German/Neth engraver/publisher, baptised