Famous Deaths Happened In April - 26

0757  On this day in history stephen II, Pope (752-57), dies   

1192  Death of Emperor Go-Shirakawa of Japan (b. 1127) on April - 26.   

1196  Alfonso II, King of Aragon (1162-96), dies on April - 26.   

1444  On April - 26 robert Campin, South Neth painter/porter of Doornik, dies at about 65   

1476  On April - 26 death of simonetta Vespucci, inspiration of Botticelli (b.1453)   

1478  Death of Giuliano de' Medici, Medeheerser of Florence, murdered at about 24 on this day in history.   

1489  Death of Ashikaga Yoshihisa, Japanese shogun (b. 1465) on April - 26.   

1558  On this day in history jean Francois Fernel, French physician, dies   

1648  Christoph Thomas Walliser, composer, dies at 79 on April - 26.   

1703  Georg Christoph Leuttner, composer, dies at 58 on this day in history.   

1716  Death of John Somers, 1st Baron Somers, Lord Chancellor of England (b. 1651) on this day in history.   

1726  On April - 26 jeremy Collier, Engl bishop/historian/opponent to theater, dies at 75   

1731  On this day in history daniel Defoe, English author (Robinson Crusoe), dies at about 70   

1784  On April - 26 death of nano Nagle, Irish convent founder (b. 1718)   

1785  On this day in history karl Siegmund von Seckendorff, composer, dies at 40   

1789  On April - 26 peter I Panin, Russian general (Pugatshov-uprising), dies at about 67   

1805  On April - 26 jean BG d'ansse the Villoison, classic (Anecdota Graeca), dies at 55   

1827  Bernardo Ottani, composer, dies at 90 on April - 26.   

1865  Charles J Sax, Belgian inventor (saxophone), dies at 74 on this day in history.   

1881  Death of Ludwig Freiherr von und zu der Tann-Rathsamhausen, German general (b. 1815) on April - 26.   

1892  Death of Sir Provo Wallis, British Admiral and naval hero (b. 1791) on this day in history.   

1907  On this day in history pietro Plantania, composer, dies at 79   

1910  On April - 26 bjornstjerne Bjornson, Norwegian writer (Mary, Nobel 1903), dies at 77   

1920  Death of Srinivasa Ramanujan, Indian mathematician (b. 1887) on this day in history.   

1922  Hans Sommer, composer, dies at 84 on April - 26.   

1924  On this day in history josef Labor, composer, dies at 82   

1932  Bill Lockwood, cricketer (43 wickets in 12 Tests for England), dies on April - 26.   

1936  Death of Tammany Young, American actor (b.1886) on April - 26.   

1938  On April - 26 edmund Husserl, German philosopher (study of phenomenon), dies at 79   

1940  On April - 26 carl Bosch, German chemist (BASF, IG Farben, Nobel 1931), dies at 65   

1941  On this day in history jean Demoor, Belgian physician/physiologist/educationalist, dies at 74   

1944  Death of Violette Morris, French athlete (b. 1893) on April - 26.   

1945  On April - 26 death of pavlo Skoropadsky, Ukrainian politician and general (b. 1871)   

1946  On April - 26 hermann Keyserling, count/philosopher (Unsterblichkeit), dies at 65   

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1319  Jean II, the Good, king of France (1350-64) was born on April - 26.   

1538  On this day in history birth of giovanni P Lomazzo, Italian writer/poet (Trattato)   

1564  On April - 26 birth of william Shakespeare, Stratford-on-Avon England, playwright (Hamlet)   

1567  Nicolas Forme, composer was born on this day in history.   

1573  Marie de'Medici, Queen of France was born on this day in history.   

1603  On this day in history birth of francesco Nigetti, composer   

1637  On this day in history birth of philip J van Lichtenbergh, Governor of Suriname, baptized   

1648  On April - 26 birth of pedro II, King of Portugal (1683-1706)