Famous Deaths Happened In December - 26

0267  On December - 26 dionysius, bishop of Rome/saint, dies   

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  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 this day in history.   

1574  On December - 26 charles Guise, archbishop/cardinal of Reims, dies at 50   

1624  On this day in history simon Marius, astronomer, dies in Bavaria at 54   

1627  On December - 26 gonzaga, Italian monarch of Mantua/Monferrato, dies   

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

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

1679  On December - 26 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 this day in history antonio Caldara, composer, dies   

1740  On this day in history mauritius Louis II earl of Nassau, lt-gen (12 children), dies   

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 this day in history death of seth Warner, American revolutionary leader (b. 1743)   

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

1837  Martinus van Marum, chemist/physicist (giant salamander), dies at 87 on this day in history.   

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

1862  On this day in history 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  Death of Jean Louis Marie Poiseuille, French physiologist (b. 1797) on this day in history.   

1879  On December - 26 jean Leonard Marie Poiseuille, dies   

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 December - 26.   

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

1542  On this day in history birth of tokugawa Ieyasu, unifier of Japan and first Tokugawa Shogun (d. 1616)   

1618  Elisabeth, Paltsgravin of Rhine/abbess was born on this day in history.   

1633  On this day in history 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 December - 26 birth of peter Schenck, German/Neth engraver/publisher, baptised