Famous Deaths Happened In December - 26

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

0268  On this day in history 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 December - 26.   

1476  On December - 26 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 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 this day in history.   

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  On December - 26 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  On this day in history johann Gottlieb Rall, Hessian colonel/mercenary, dies in battle   

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

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

1786  Death of Gasparo Gozzi, Italian critic and dramatist (b. 1713) on this day in history.   

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

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

1909  Death of Frederic Remington, American artist (b. 1861) on December - 26.   

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

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 this day in history.   

1532  Guilielmus Xylander, German classical scholar (d. 1576) was born on December - 26.   

1536  On December - 26 birth of yi I, Korean Confucian scholar (d. 1584)   

1542  Tokugawa Ieyasu, unifier of Japan and first Tokugawa Shogun (d. 1616) was born on December - 26.   

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 December - 26 birth of peter Schenck, German/Neth engraver/publisher, baptised