Search examples: Microsoft | 2015 | 2014/10 | 4.12 | 04/20 | 05/26/1980 | Galileo Galilei

Deaths on the 26th of December in history

Deaths
Date Text
26 Dec 0267 Dionysius bishop of Rome/saint, dies
0
26 Dec 0268 Pope Dionysius
0
26 Dec 0831 Euthymius of Sardis, Byzantine monk and bishop (b. 754)
0
26 Dec 1350 Jean de Marigny, French archbishop
0
26 Dec 1458 Arthur III, Duke of Brittany (b. 1393)
0
26 Dec 1476 Galeazzo Maria Sforza, Italian husband of Bona of Savoy (b. 1444)
0
26 Dec 1530 Babur, Mongolian emperor (b. 1483)
0
26 Dec 1530 Zahir al-Din Mohammed Babur Shah founder Mogols-dynasty, dies at 47
0
26 Dec 1574 Charles, Cardinal of Lorraine (b. 1524)
0
26 Dec 1574 Charles Guise archbishop/cardinal of Reims, dies at 50
0
26 Dec 1624 Simon Marius astronomer, dies in Bavaria at 54
0
26 Dec 1627 Gonzaga Italian monarch of Mantua/Monferrato, dies
0
26 Dec 1658 Simon Guillain French sculptor (Castle of Blois/Sorbonne), dies at 78
0
26 Dec 1676 Domenicus van Tol Dutch painter, dies
0
26 Dec 1679 John van de Cappelle Amsterdam landscape painter, dies at 53
0
26 Dec 1731 Antoine Houdar de la Motte, French author (b. 1672)
0
26 Dec 1736 Antonio Caldara composer, dies
0
26 Dec 1740 Mauritius Louis II earl of Nassau Lieutenant-General (12 children), dies
0
26 Dec 1771 Claude Adrien Helvétius, French philosopher and activist (b. 1715)
0
26 Dec 1771 Claude A Helv
0
26 Dec 1776 Johann Gottlieb Rall Hessian colonel/mercenary, dies in battle
0
26 Dec 1780 John Fothergill, English physician and botanist (b. 1712)
0
26 Dec 1784 Seth Warner, American colonel (b. 1743)
0
26 Dec 1786 Gasparo Gozzi, Italian playwright and critic (b. 1713)
0
26 Dec 1797 John Wilkes English journalist/Higher/Lower house leader, dies at 72
0
26 Dec 1827 Jan David Holland composer, dies at 81
0
26 Dec 1836 Hans Georg Nageli composer, dies at 63
0
26 Dec 1837 Martinus van Marum chemist/physicist (giant salamander), dies at 87
0
26 Dec 1861 Philip St George Cocke Confederate Brigadier-General, commits suicide at 52
0
26 Dec 1862 38 Santee Sioux Indians hanged in Mankato
0
26 Dec 1866 Samuel Ryan Curtis Union General-Major, dies at 49
0
26 Dec 1869 Jean Léonard Marie Poiseuille, French physician and physiologist (b. 1797)
0
26 Dec 1879 Jean Leonard Marie Poiseuille dies
0
26 Dec 1887 Jules Francois Blasini: Curacaos pianist / composer, dies at 40
0
26 Dec 1887 Jules Fran
0
26 Dec 1890 Heinrich Schliemann, German-Italian archaeologist and author (b. 1822)
0
26 Dec 1909 Frederic Remington, American painter and illustrator (b. 1861)
0
26 Dec 1916 Bernhard Scholz composer, dies at 81
0
26 Dec 1916 Frank Penn cricketer (one Test for England vs Australia 1880), dies
0
26 Dec 1917 Louise J Gautier French poetess/daughter of Th
0
26 Dec 1918 Bertram Luard-Selby composer, dies at 65
0
26 Dec 1923 Dietrich Eckart, German journalist and politician (b. 1868)
0
26 Dec 1925 Jan Letzel, Czech architect, designed the Hiroshima Peace Memorial (b. 1880)
0
26 Dec 1929 Albert Giraud, Belgian poet (b. 1860)
0
26 Dec 1931 Melvil Dewey, American librarian and educator, created the Dewey Decimal Classification (b. 1851)
0
26 Dec 1933 Anatoly Lunacharsky, Russian journalist and politician (b. 1875)
0
26 Dec 1933 Henry Watson Fowler, English lexicographer and educator (b. 1858)
0
26 Dec 1933 Eduard Vilde, Estonian author and diplomat (b. 1865)
0
26 Dec 1933 Lunatscharski writer, dies
0
26 Dec 1937 Ivor Gurney composer, dies at 47
0
26 Dec 1942 Bosinier de la Chapelle French murderer of Admiral Darlan, executed at 24
0
26 Dec 1950 Emile Enthoven composer, dies at 47
0
26 Dec 1950 James Stephens Irish poet (Crock of Gold), dies at 68
0
26 Dec 1952 Pietro Pancrazi Italian critic (Pegaso), dies at 59
0
26 Dec 1956 Holmes Herbert actor (The Kiss), dies at 74
0
26 Dec 1957 Artur Malawski composer, dies at 53
0
26 Dec 1958 Harry Redman composer, dies on 89th birthday
0
26 Dec 1959 Jack Tresadern, English footballer and manager (b. 1890)
0
26 Dec 1960 Tetsuro Watsuji, Japanese historian and philosopher (b. 1889)
0
26 Dec 1960 Eduard Ludwig German architect (Hansa quarter, Berlin), dies at 54
0
26 Dec 1961 Charlie Frank cricketer (South Africa Test centurion vs Australia 1921-22), dies
0
26 Dec 1963 "Gorgeous George" Wagner: Wrestler
0
26 Dec 1963 Gorgeous George, American wrestler (b. 1915)
0
26 Dec 1965 Anthonie Donker Dutch [Professor N Donkersloot], literary, dies at 63
0
26 Dec 1966 Klaziena "Ina" Boudier-Bakker: Singer (Armoede, Finale), dies at 91
0
26 Dec 1966 Ina Boudier-Bakker, Dutch author (b. 1875)
0
26 Dec 1966 Herbert Otto Gille, German SS officer (b. 1897)
0
26 Dec 1966 Guillermo Stábile, Argentinian footballer and manager (b. 1905)
0
26 Dec 1966 Klaziena "Ina" Boudier-Bakker Dutch author (Poverty), dies at 88
0
26 Dec 1966 Noel Gallon composer, dies at 75
0
26 Dec 1967 S F Barnes cricketer (27 Tests for England, 189 wickets), dies
0
26 Dec 1968 Weegee, Ukrainian-American photojournalist (b.1898)
0
26 Dec 1969 Louise L de Vilmorin French poet/author (History d'aimer), dies at 67
0
26 Dec 1970 Lillian Board, South African-English runner (b. 1948)
0
26 Dec 1971 Robert Lowery actor (Circus Boy, Pistols 'n' Petticoats), dies at 57
0
26 Dec 1972 Harry Truman: 33rd US President (1945-53), dies at 88 in Kansas City, Missouri
0
26 Dec 1972 Harry S. Truman, American colonel and politician, 33rd President of the United States (b. 1884)
0
26 Dec 1973 Harold B. Lee, American religious leader, 11th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (b. 1899)
0
26 Dec 1973 Steven Geray actor (French Line), dies at 69
0
26 Dec 1973 William Haines actor (Little Annie Rooney), dies of cancer at 73
0
26 Dec 1974 Farid al-Atrash, Syrian-Egyptian singer-songwriter, oud player, and actor (b. 1915)
0
26 Dec 1974 Jack Benny, American actor, singer, and producer (b. 1894)
0
26 Dec 1974 Frederick Dalrymple-Hamilton, Scottish admiral (b. 1890)
0
26 Dec 1974 Knudage Riisager composer, dies at 77
0
26 Dec 1974 Robert Levine Sanders composer, dies at 68
0
26 Dec 1975 K. Saraswathi Amma, Indian feminist writer (b. 1919)
0
26 Dec 1975 Karl Tarvas, Estonian architect (b. 1885)
0
26 Dec 1976 Yashpal, Indian author (b. 1903)
0
26 Dec 1976 Philip A Hart (Senator-D-MI), dies at 64
0
26 Dec 1977 Howard Hawks, American director and screenwriter (b. 1896)
0
26 Dec 1977 Ivan Rezak composer, dies at 53
0
26 Dec 1980 Tony Smith, American sculptor and educator (b. 1912)
0
26 Dec 1981 Savitri, Indian actress, director, and producer (b. 1937)
0
26 Dec 1981 Amber Reeves, New Zealand-English author and scholar (b. 1887)
0
26 Dec 1981 Suat Hayri Ürgüplü, Turkish politician, Prime Minister of Turkey (b. 1903)
0
26 Dec 1983 Violet Carson, English actress and singer (b. 1898)
0
26 Dec 1984 Sheila Andrews, American singer (b. 1953)
0
26 Dec 1985 Margarete Schön, German actress (b. 1895)
0
26 Dec 1985 Dian Fossey zoologist (Gorillas in the Mist), murdered at 53
0
26 Dec 1986 Elsa Lanchester, English-American actress and singer (b. 1902)
0
26 Dec 1988 Glenn McCarthy, American businessman, founded the Shamrock Hotel (b. 1907)
0
26 Dec 1988 Pablo Sorozábal, German-Spanish composer and conductor (b. 1897)
0
26 Dec 1988 John Loder actor (Sabotage, Java Head), dies at 90
0
26 Dec 1989 Doug Harvey, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1924)
0
26 Dec 1989 Samuel Beckett Irish playright dies in Paris
0
26 Dec 1989 Lennox Berkeley composer, dies at 86
0
26 Dec 1989 Peggy Thorpe-Bates actress (Alcatraz Island), dies
0
26 Dec 1990 Gene Callahan, American art director and production designer (b. 1923)
0
26 Dec 1990 Nancy Cruznan accident victim/right-to-die case, dies at 33
0
26 Dec 1991 Dehl Berti actor (John Taylor-Guns of Paradise), dies at 70
0
26 Dec 1991 Sam Cresson dies at 73
0
26 Dec 1992 Nikita Magaloff, Georgian-Russian pianist (b. 1912)
0
26 Dec 1992 Bert [Lambertus H] Voeten Dutch poet (Antipodes), dies at 74
0
26 Dec 1992 Constance Carpenter actress (2 Worlds), dies of stroke at 87
0
26 Dec 1992 John G Kemeny US computer pioneer (BASIC), dies
0
26 Dec 1993 Jeff Morrow actor (Robe, Harbor Lights, Blood Legacy), dies at 80
0
26 Dec 1994 Parveen Shakir, Pakistani civil servant and poet (b. 1952)
0
26 Dec 1994 Asta ER Elstak Suriname/Netherlands welfare worker, dies at 74
0
26 Dec 1994 Johannes J "Joop" Klant Netherlands/South African economist/author, dies
0
26 Dec 1994 Karl Schiller minister of RFA Economics (1966-72), dies
0
26 Dec 1994 Robert Emhardt actor (Mac Cory-Another World), dies at 80
0
26 Dec 1994 Sylvia Brandts Buys actress (Hague's Post), dies at 85
0
26 Dec 1994 Sylvia Koscina Croatian/Italian actress (Hercules), dies at 61
0
26 Dec 1996 Kostas Palios, Greek actor (b. 1926)
0
26 Dec 1997 Cahit Arf, Turkish mathematician and academic (b. 1910)
0
26 Dec 1997 Cornelius Castoriadis, Greek economist and philosopher (b. 1922)
0
26 Dec 1997 John Hinde photographer/circus promoter, dies at 81
0
26 Dec 1997 John Whitley air-Marshal, dies at 92
0
26 Dec 1999 Curtis Mayfield, American singer-songwriter and producer (The Impressions) (b. 1942)
0
26 Dec 1999 Shankar Dayal Sharma, Indian academic and politician, 9th President of India (b. 1918)
0
26 Dec 2000 Jason Robards, American actor and singer (b. 1922)
0
26 Dec 2001 Nigel Hawthorne, English actor and producer (b. 1929)
0
26 Dec 2002 Herb Ritts, American photographer and director (b. 1952)
0
26 Dec 2002 Armand Zildjian, American businessman, founded the Avedis Zildjian Company (b. 1921)
0
26 Dec 2004 Troy Broadbridge, Australian footballer (b. 1980)
0
26 Dec 2004 Jonathan Drummond-Webb, South African surgeon and academic (b. 1959)
0
26 Dec 2004 Poom Jensen, American son of Ubolratana Rajakanya (b. 1983)
0
26 Dec 2004 Sigurd Køhn, Norwegian saxophonist and composer (b. 1959)
0
26 Dec 2004 Angus Ogilvy, English businessman (b. 1928)
0
26 Dec 2004 Aki Sirkesalo, Finnish singer-songwriter (b. 1962)
0
26 Dec 2004 Mieszko Talarczyk, Polish-Swedish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Nasum and Genocide Superstars) (b. 1974)
0
26 Dec 2004 Reggie White, American football player (b. 1961)
0
26 Dec 2005 Muriel Costa-Greenspon, American soprano (b. 1937)
0
26 Dec 2005 Ted Ditchburn, English footballer and manager (b. 1921)
0
26 Dec 2005 Kerry Packer, Australian publisher and businessman (b. 1937)
0
26 Dec 2005 Viacheslav Platonov, Russian volleyball player and coach (b. 1939)
0
26 Dec 2005 Vincent Schiavelli, American actor (b. 1948)
0
26 Dec 2005 Erich Topp, German commander (b. 1914)
0
26 Dec 2006 Gerald Ford, American commander, lawyer, and politician, 38th President of the United States (b. 1913)
0
26 Dec 2006 Ivar Formo, Norwegian skier and engineer (b. 1951)
0
26 Dec 2006 Munir Niazi, Indian-Pakistani poet (b. 1928)
0
26 Dec 2007 Joe Dolan, Irish singer (b. 1943)
0
26 Dec 2007 Stu Nahan, American sportscaster (b. 1926)
0
26 Dec 2008 Gösta Krantz, Swedish actor (b. 1925)
0
26 Dec 2009 Felix Wurman, American cellist and composer (b. 1958)
0
26 Dec 2010 Edward Bhengu, South African activist (b. 1934)
0
26 Dec 2010 Teena Marie, American singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1956)
0
26 Dec 2011 Houston Antwine, American football player (b. 1939)
0
26 Dec 2011 Pedro Armendáriz, Jr., Mexican-American actor and producer (b. 1940)
0
26 Dec 2011 Sarekoppa Bangarappa, Indian politician, 15th Chief Minister of Karnataka (b. 1932)
0
26 Dec 2011 Joe Bodolai, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1948)
0
26 Dec 2011 Fred Fono, Solomon politician (b. 1962)
0
26 Dec 2011 Sam Rivers, American flute player and composer (b. 1923)
0
26 Dec 2011 James Rizzi, American painter and illustrator (b. 1950)
0
26 Dec 2011 Constantine Sidamon-Eristoff, American born Georgian aristocrat and NYC highway commissioner (b. 1930)
0
26 Dec 2012 Gerry Anderson, English director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1929)
0
26 Dec 2012 Fontella Bass, American singer-songwriter (b. 1940)
0
26 Dec 2012 Gerald McDermott, American author and illustrator (b. 1941)
0
26 Dec 2012 Ibrahim Tannous, Lebanese general (b. 1929)
0
26 Dec 2012 Rebecca Tarbotton, Canadian-American activist (b. 1973)
0
26 Dec 2013 Malena Alvarado, Venezuelan actress (b. 1954)
0
26 Dec 2013 Paul Blair, American baseball player and coach (b. 1944)
0
26 Dec 2013 Davide Lufrano Chaves, Italian-English guitarist (Alejandro Toledo and the Magic Tombolinos) (b. 1983)
0
26 Dec 2013 Marta Eggerth, Hungarian-American actress and singer (b. 1912)
0
26 Dec 2013 Dr. Tangalanga, Argentinian comedian and actor (b. 1916)
0
26 Dec 2014 Stanisław Barańczak, Polish-American poet, critic, and scholar (b. 1946)
0
26 Dec 2014 James B. Edwards, American dentist, soldier, and politician, 3rd United States Secretary of Energy (b. 1927)
0
26 Dec 2014 Geoff Pullar, English cricketer (b. 1935)
0
26 Dec 2014 Rhodes Reason, American actor (b. 1930)
0
26 Dec 2014 Leo Tindemans, Belgian politician, 43rd Prime Minister of Belgium (b. 1922)
0
25th December 27th December
© 2016 OnThisDay.net All rights reserved.
Loaded in 0.0509s.