Famous Deaths In December - 26
Friday, 26 July 2024
0267 On December - 26 dionysius, bishop of Rome/saint, dies
0268 On December - 26 death of pope Dionysius
1350 On this day in history death of jean de Marigny, French bishop
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 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 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 December - 26.
1676 Domenicus van Tol, Dutch painter, dies on December - 26.
1679 On this day in history john van de Cappelle, Amsterdam landscape painter, dies at 53
1731 Death of Antoine Houdar de la Motte, French writer (b. 1672) on this day in history.
1736 Antonio Caldara, composer, dies on December - 26.
1740 Mauritius Louis II earl of Nassau, lt-gen (12 children), dies on this day in history.
1771 On this day in history death of claude Adrien Helvétius, French philosopher (b. 1715)
1776 On December - 26 johann Gottlieb Rall, Hessian colonel/mercenary, dies in battle
1780 On December - 26 death of john Fothergill, English physician (b. 1712)
1784 On this day in history death of seth Warner, American revolutionary leader (b. 1743)
1786 Death of Gasparo Gozzi, Italian critic and dramatist (b. 1713) on this day in history.
1797 On December - 26 john Wilkes, English journalist/Higher/Lower house leader, dies at 72
1827 On this day in history jan David Holland, composer, dies at 81
1836 On December - 26 hans Georg Nageli, composer, dies at 63
1837 Martinus van Marum, chemist/physicist (giant salamander), dies at 87 on this day in history.
1861 On this day in history death of philip St George Cocke, Confederate brig-gen, commits suicide at 52
1862 Death of 38 Santee Sioux indians, hanged in Mankato on this day in history.
1866 Samuel Ryan Curtis, Union general-major, dies at 49 on December - 26.
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 December - 26.
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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