Historical Events In December - 26

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

0268  On December - 26 st Dionysius ends his reign as Catholic Pope   

0268  On December - 26 pope Dionysius   

0418  On December - 26 st Zosimus ends his reign as Catholic Pope   

0795  St Leo III begins his reign as Catholic Pope on this day in history.   

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

1198  On December - 26 french bishop Odo van Sully condemns Zottenfeest   

1350  On December - 26 jean de Marigny, French bishop   

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

1481  Battle at Westbroek: Dutch army beats Utrecht on this day in history.   

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

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

1568  On December - 26 uprising of Morisco's against suppression in Granada   

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

1613  Robert Carr, 1st Earl of Somerset, marries Frances Howard, occasioning John Donne's "Eclogue" on this day in history.   

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

1620  On December - 26 pilgrims arrived at Plymouth, MA   

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

1627  Gonzaga, Italian monarch of Mantua/Monferrato, dies on this day in history.   

1633  Charles E Biset, Flemish painter, baptised on December - 26.   

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

1659  On this day in history long Parliament reforms in Westminster   

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

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

1679  On December - 26 john van de Cappelle, Amsterdam landscape painter, dies at 53   

1687  On this day in history johann Georg Pisendel, German violinist/composer   

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

1716  Thomas Gray, English poet (Elegy Written in a Country Church Yard) on December - 26.   

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

1731  On December - 26 anthony Ziesenis, architect/sculptor (Town Hall of Westzaan)   

1736  On this day in history antonio Caldara, composer, dies   

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 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 December - 26.   

1536  Yi I, Korean Confucian scholar (d. 1584) was born on December - 26.   

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

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 this day in history.   

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

0268  Death of Pope Dionysius on this day in history.   

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 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 December - 26.   

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.