Famous Deaths Happened In December - 26

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

0268  Death of Pope Dionysius on December - 26.   

1350  Death of Jean de Marigny, French bishop on December - 26.   

1458  On this day in history death of arthur III, Duke of Brittany (b. 1393)   

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 this day in history.   

1574  Charles Guise, archbishop/cardinal of Reims, dies at 50 on December - 26.   

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

1627  On December - 26 gonzaga, Italian monarch of Mantua/Monferrato, dies   

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

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  On this day in history antonio Caldara, composer, dies   

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 December - 26.   

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

1780  On December - 26 death of john Fothergill, English physician (b. 1712)   

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

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 this day in history.   

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

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 this day in history.   

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  On December - 26 bernhard Scholz, composer, dies at 81   

1917  On this day in history louise J Gautier, French poetess/daughter of Theophile G, dies at 71   

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1194  On December - 26 birth of frederick II, Iesi Italy, German Emperor (1212-1250)/King of Sicily   

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  Tokugawa Ieyasu, unifier of Japan and first Tokugawa Shogun (d. 1616) was born on this day in history.   

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  Robert Bolling, English settler in Virginia (d. 1709) was born on this day in history.   

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