Historical Events In December - 26

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

0268  St Dionysius ends his reign as Catholic Pope on this day in history.   

0268  Pope Dionysius on December - 26.   

0418  On this day in history st Zosimus ends his reign as Catholic Pope   

0795  St Leo III begins his reign as Catholic Pope on December - 26.   

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  On this day in history jean de Marigny, French bishop   

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

1481  Battle at Westbroek: Dutch army beats Utrecht on December - 26.   

1492  1st Spanish settlement in New World founded, by Columbus on December - 26.   

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 this day in history.   

1574  Charles Guise, archbishop/cardinal of Reims, dies at 50 on this day in history.   

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

1618  On December - 26 elisabeth, Paltsgravin of Rhine/abbess   

1620  On December - 26 pilgrims arrived at Plymouth, MA   

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   

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

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

1659  On December - 26 long Parliament reforms in Westminster   

1660  On December - 26 peter Schenck, German/Neth engraver/publisher, baptised   

1676  Domenicus van Tol, Dutch painter, dies on this day in history.   

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

1687  Johann Georg Pisendel, German violinist/composer on December - 26.   

1716  On this day in history the birth of Thomas Gray, English Poet   

1716  On this day in history thomas Gray, English poet (Elegy Written in a Country Church Yard)   

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  On December - 26 antonio Caldara, composer, dies   

1738  On this day in history thomas Nelson, merchant, signer of Declaration of Independence   

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

1748  On December - 26 france & Austria signs treaty about Southern Netherlands   

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1194  On December - 26 birth of frederick II, Iesi Italy, German Emperor (1212-1250)/King of Sicily   

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 December - 26.   

1633  On this day in history birth of charles E Biset, Flemish painter, baptised   

1646  On December - 26 birth of robert Bolling, English settler in Virginia (d. 1709)   

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

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

0268  On this day in history death of pope Dionysius   

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

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

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

1530  Zahir al-Din Mohammed Babur Shah, founder Mogols-dynasty, dies at 47 on this day in history.   

1574  Charles Guise, archbishop/cardinal of Reims, dies at 50 on this day in history.   

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