Historical Events In December - 26

0267  Dionysius, bishop of Rome/saint, dies on December - 26.   

0268  St Dionysius ends his reign as Catholic Pope on this day in history.   

0268  Pope Dionysius on this day in history.   

0418  On this day in history st Zosimus ends his reign as Catholic Pope   

0795  St Leo III begins his reign as Catholic Pope on this day in history.   

1194  Frederick II, Iesi Italy, German Emperor (1212-1250)/King of Sicily on this day in history.   

1198  French bishop Odo van Sully condemns Zottenfeest on this day in history.   

1350  On December - 26 jean de Marigny, French bishop   

1476  Galeazzo Maria Sforza, duke of Milan, murdered on this day in history.   

1481  Battle at Westbroek: Dutch army beats Utrecht on December - 26.   

1492  1st Spanish settlement in New World founded, by Columbus on this day in history.   

1530  Zahir al-Din Mohammed Babur Shah, founder Mogols-dynasty, dies at 47 on this day in history.   

1568  On this day in history uprising of Morisco's against suppression in Granada   

1574  Charles Guise, archbishop/cardinal of Reims, dies at 50 on this day in history.   

1613  Robert Carr, 1st Earl of Somerset, marries Frances Howard, occasioning John Donne's "Eclogue" on December - 26.   

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

1620  Pilgrims arrived at Plymouth, MA on this day in history.   

1624  On this day in history simon Marius, astronomer, dies in Bavaria at 54   

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

1633  Charles E Biset, Flemish painter, baptised on this day in history.   

1658  Simon Guillain, French sculptor (Castle of Blois/Sorbonne), dies at 78 on December - 26.   

1659  Long Parliament reforms in Westminster on this day in history.   

1660  On December - 26 peter Schenck, German/Neth engraver/publisher, baptised   

1676  Domenicus van Tol, Dutch painter, dies on December - 26.   

1679  On December - 26 john van de Cappelle, Amsterdam landscape painter, dies at 53   

1687  Johann Georg Pisendel, German violinist/composer on December - 26.   

1716  The birth of Thomas Gray, English Poet on this day in history.   

1716  Thomas Gray, English poet (Elegy Written in a Country Church Yard) on December - 26.   

1727  In France Louis-François Duplessis de Mornay appointed Bishop of Quebec on death of Mgr. de Saint-Vallier; he never came to Canada on this day in history.   

1731  Anthony Ziesenis, architect/sculptor (Town Hall of Westzaan) on this day in history.   

1736  On December - 26 antonio Caldara, composer, dies   

1738  On December - 26 thomas Nelson, merchant, signer of Declaration of Independence   

1740  Mauritius Louis II earl of Nassau, lt-gen (12 children), dies on December - 26.   

1748  On December - 26 france & Austria signs treaty about Southern Netherlands   

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1194  Frederick II, Iesi Italy, German Emperor (1212-1250)/King of Sicily was born on this day in history.   

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

1536  On this day in history 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 December - 26 birth of elisabeth, Paltsgravin of Rhine/abbess   

1633  Charles E Biset, Flemish painter, baptised was born on this day in history.   

1646  On this day in history 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.   

0267  On this day in history dionysius, bishop of Rome/saint, dies   

0268  On this day in history 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  Zahir al-Din Mohammed Babur Shah, founder Mogols-dynasty, dies at 47 on December - 26.   

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

1624  On this day in history simon Marius, astronomer, dies in Bavaria at 54