Famous Deaths Happened 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  On this day in history death of jean de Marigny, French bishop   

1458  Death of Arthur III, Duke of Brittany (b. 1393) on this day in history.   

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

1658  Simon Guillain, French sculptor (Castle of Blois/Sorbonne), dies at 78 on this day in history.   

1676  On this day in history domenicus van Tol, Dutch painter, dies   

1679  John van de Cappelle, Amsterdam landscape painter, dies at 53 on this day in history.   

1731  On December - 26 death of antoine Houdar de la Motte, French writer (b. 1672)   

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

1784  Death of Seth Warner, American revolutionary leader (b. 1743) on December - 26.   

1786  On December - 26 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 this day in history.   

1836  Hans Georg Nageli, composer, dies at 63 on December - 26.   

1837  On December - 26 martinus van Marum, chemist/physicist (giant salamander), dies at 87   

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  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 December - 26 jean Leonard Marie Poiseuille, dies   

1887  Jules Francois Blasini, Curacaos pianist/composer, dies at 40 on December - 26.   

1890  Heinrich Schliemann, German archaeologist (Trojan War), dies at 86 on this day in history.   

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

1916  On this day in history bernhard Scholz, composer, dies at 81   

1917  On December - 26 louise J Gautier, French poetess/daughter of Theophile G, dies at 71   

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1194  On this day in history birth of frederick II, Iesi Italy, German Emperor (1212-1250)/King of Sicily   

1532  On this day in history birth of guilielmus Xylander, German classical scholar (d. 1576)   

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  On this day in history birth of charles E Biset, Flemish painter, baptised   

1646  On December - 26 birth of robert Bolling, English settler in Virginia (d. 1709)   

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