Famous Deaths In December - 26

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

0268  Death of Pope Dionysius on this day in history.   

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 December - 26.   

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

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  Simon Guillain, French sculptor (Castle of Blois/Sorbonne), dies at 78 on December - 26.   

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

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

1731  Death of Antoine Houdar de la Motte, French writer (b. 1672) on December - 26.   

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

1740  On December - 26 mauritius Louis II earl of Nassau, lt-gen (12 children), dies   

1771  Death of Claude Adrien Helvétius, French philosopher (b. 1715) on this day in history.   

1776  On this day in history johann Gottlieb Rall, Hessian colonel/mercenary, dies in battle   

1780  Death of John Fothergill, English physician (b. 1712) on December - 26.   

1784  Death of Seth Warner, American revolutionary leader (b. 1743) on this day in history.   

1786  On December - 26 death of gasparo Gozzi, Italian critic and dramatist (b. 1713)   

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

1837  Martinus van Marum, chemist/physicist (giant salamander), dies at 87 on December - 26.   

1861  Death of Philip St George Cocke, Confederate brig-gen, commits suicide at 52 on this day in history.   

1862  Death of 38 Santee Sioux indians, hanged in Mankato on December - 26.   

1866  On this day in history 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  On December - 26 jules Francois Blasini, Curacaos pianist/composer, dies at 40   

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 this day in history.   

1916  Bernhard Scholz, composer, dies at 81 on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1536  On this day in history 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  On December - 26 birth of elisabeth, Paltsgravin of Rhine/abbess   

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

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