Famous Deaths In December - 26

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 December - 26.   

1458  On December - 26 death of arthur III, Duke of Brittany (b. 1393)   

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 this day in history charles Guise, archbishop/cardinal of Reims, dies at 50   

1624  Simon Marius, astronomer, dies in Bavaria at 54 on December - 26.   

1627  Gonzaga, Italian monarch of Mantua/Monferrato, dies on December - 26.   

1658  Simon Guillain, French sculptor (Castle of Blois/Sorbonne), dies at 78 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   

1731  On this day in history death of antoine Houdar de la Motte, French writer (b. 1672)   

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

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

1771  On December - 26 death of claude Adrien Helvétius, French philosopher (b. 1715)   

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 this day in history death of gasparo Gozzi, Italian critic and dramatist (b. 1713)   

1797  John Wilkes, English journalist/Higher/Lower house leader, dies at 72 on December - 26.   

1827  Jan David Holland, composer, dies at 81 on this day in history.   

1836  On this day in history hans Georg Nageli, composer, dies at 63   

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

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

1862  On this day in history death of 38 Santee Sioux indians, hanged in Mankato   

1866  On this day in history samuel Ryan Curtis, Union general-major, dies at 49   

1869  On this day in history death of jean Louis Marie Poiseuille, French physiologist (b. 1797)   

1879  Jean Leonard Marie Poiseuille, dies on this day in history.   

1887  Jules Francois Blasini, Curacaos pianist/composer, dies at 40 on this day in history.   

1890  On this day in history heinrich Schliemann, German archaeologist (Trojan War), dies at 86   

1909  On this day in history death of frederic Remington, American artist (b. 1861)   

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

1917  On this day in history 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 December - 26.   

1532  Guilielmus Xylander, German classical scholar (d. 1576) was born on December - 26.   

1536  On December - 26 birth of yi I, Korean Confucian scholar (d. 1584)   

1542  On December - 26 birth of tokugawa Ieyasu, unifier of Japan and first Tokugawa Shogun (d. 1616)   

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

1633  On December - 26 birth of charles E Biset, Flemish painter, baptised   

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

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