Famous Deaths Happened In December - 26

0267  On December - 26 dionysius, bishop of Rome/saint, dies   

0268  Death of Pope Dionysius on this day in history.   

1350  On this day in history death of jean de Marigny, French bishop   

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 December - 26 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  Simon Marius, astronomer, dies in Bavaria at 54 on this day in history.   

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

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  John van de Cappelle, Amsterdam landscape painter, dies at 53 on this day in history.   

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

1736  Antonio Caldara, composer, dies on December - 26.   

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

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

1784  On December - 26 death of seth Warner, American revolutionary leader (b. 1743)   

1786  Death of Gasparo Gozzi, Italian critic and dramatist (b. 1713) on December - 26.   

1797  John Wilkes, English journalist/Higher/Lower house leader, dies at 72 on this day in history.   

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

1836  On December - 26 hans Georg Nageli, composer, dies at 63   

1837  On this day in history martinus van Marum, chemist/physicist (giant salamander), dies at 87   

1861  On December - 26 death of philip St George Cocke, Confederate brig-gen, commits suicide at 52   

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

1866  Samuel Ryan Curtis, Union general-major, dies at 49 on December - 26.   

1869  Death of Jean Louis Marie Poiseuille, French physiologist (b. 1797) on this day in history.   

1879  On this day in history jean Leonard Marie Poiseuille, dies   

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 December - 26.   

1917  Louise J Gautier, French poetess/daughter of Theophile G, dies at 71 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  On December - 26 birth of guilielmus Xylander, German classical scholar (d. 1576)   

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

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

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.