Discover what happened on 26 December 1917 in history! This day marks a series of notable events, famous births, and significant deaths. Explore the details below to learn more about the historical happenings of this day. On this day, history comes alive!
Deaths
- Joseph Louis Renaut (French physician, histologist and poet)
- Paul Lesbazeilles (French docent (1857–1917))
- Oreste Benedetti (Italian singer (1872-1917))
- Friedrich Lange (German journalist (1852-1917))
- Eliza Marsden Hassall (Lay leader of the Anglican church (1834-1917))
- John Scully (President of Fordham University)
- Ludvík Seyvalter (Czech Roman Catholic priest)
- Alfredo Lenassi
- Caroline Chevalier (Writer and traveller)
- Henderikus van Belkum
- Jules Crosnier (Swiss painter (1843-1917))
- Hugh Pritchard (Methodist minister in New York (1852-1917))
- Roger Alvin Poore ((1870-1917))
- Walter Samuel Peto ((1890-1917))
- Sarah Elizabeth Whitin (sole benefactor of Whitin Observatory at Wellesley College)
- Jules Martin (French Catholic priest)
- Carrie Farnsworth Fowle (American missionary)
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- James Ellingham (Soldier in the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders)
- Frans De Boeck
- Victor Peinen
- Julianus Roegiers
- Karel Šašek
- Frederick Wallen
- Michael O’Kane (Irish Jesuit priest (1849–1917))
- Samuel Seligmann (Citizen of Ronnenberg, Germany, born May 17, 1848)