Historical Events In December - 26

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

0268  St Dionysius ends his reign as Catholic Pope on December - 26.   

0268  On this day in history pope Dionysius   

0418  St Zosimus ends his reign as Catholic Pope on December - 26.   

0795  On this day in history st Leo III begins his reign as Catholic Pope   

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

1198  French bishop Odo van Sully condemns Zottenfeest on December - 26.   

1350  Jean de Marigny, French bishop on December - 26.   

1476  On this day in history galeazzo Maria Sforza, duke of Milan, murdered   

1481  On December - 26 battle at Westbroek: Dutch army beats Utrecht   

1492  On this day in history 1st Spanish settlement in New World founded, by Columbus   

1530  On this day in history zahir al-Din Mohammed Babur Shah, founder Mogols-dynasty, dies at 47   

1568  Uprising of Morisco's against suppression in Granada on December - 26.   

1574  Charles Guise, archbishop/cardinal of Reims, dies at 50 on December - 26.   

1613  Robert Carr, 1st Earl of Somerset, marries Frances Howard, occasioning John Donne's "Eclogue" on December - 26.   

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

1620  Pilgrims arrived at Plymouth, MA on December - 26.   

1624  On December - 26 simon Marius, astronomer, dies in Bavaria at 54   

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

1633  Charles E Biset, Flemish painter, baptised on this day in history.   

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

1659  On December - 26 long Parliament reforms in Westminster   

1660  Peter Schenck, German/Neth engraver/publisher, baptised on this day in history.   

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

1679  John van de Cappelle, Amsterdam landscape painter, dies at 53 on December - 26.   

1687  Johann Georg Pisendel, German violinist/composer on this day in history.   

1716  The birth of Thomas Gray, English Poet on December - 26.   

1716  Thomas Gray, English poet (Elegy Written in a Country Church Yard) on this day in history.   

1727  In France Louis-François Duplessis de Mornay appointed Bishop of Quebec on death of Mgr. de Saint-Vallier; he never came to Canada on this day in history.   

1731  Anthony Ziesenis, architect/sculptor (Town Hall of Westzaan) on this day in history.   

1736  Antonio Caldara, composer, dies on this day in history.   

1738  Thomas Nelson, merchant, signer of Declaration of Independence on this day in history.   

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

1748  France & Austria signs treaty about Southern Netherlands 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  Guilielmus Xylander, German classical scholar (d. 1576) was born on December - 26.   

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

1633  Charles E Biset, Flemish painter, baptised was born on this day in history.   

1646  Robert Bolling, English settler in Virginia (d. 1709) was born on December - 26.   

1660  On this day in history birth of peter Schenck, German/Neth engraver/publisher, baptised   

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

0268  On December - 26 death of pope Dionysius   

1350  Death of Jean de Marigny, French bishop on this day in history.   

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