Famous Deaths In September - 26

1023  On this day in history godfried I, duke of Neth-Lutherans, dies  

1342  John I, ruler of Poland, dies on this day in history.  

1345  On this day in history willem IV, earl of Henegouwen/Holland/Zealand, dies at about 27  

1371  On September - 26 vlkasin, Hungarian general/co-king of Serbia, dies  

1417  Death of Francesco Zabarella, Italian jurist (b. 1360) on this day in history.  

1468  On this day in history death of juan de Torquemada, Spanish Catholic cardinal (b. 1388)  

1614  Felice Anerio, Italian composer (pontifical royal chapel), dies on this day in history.  

1620  Death of Taichang Emperor of China (b. 1582) on September - 26.  

1626  Lancelot Andrewes, English theologist/bishop of Winchester, dies at 71 on September - 26.  

1657  On this day in history hadji Chalfa/Katib Tsjelebi, Turkish geographer, dies at 48  

1716  Death of Antoine Parent, French mathematician (b. 1666) on this day in history.  

1763  Death of John Byron, English poet (b. 1692) on this day in history.  

1764  On this day in history death of benito Jerónimo Feijóo y Montenegro, Spanish scholar (b. 1767)  

1788  On September - 26 francois Bainville, composer, dies at 63  

1802  On September - 26 death of baron Jurij Vega, Slovenian mathematician and military officer (b. 1754)  

1808  On September - 26 pavel Vranicky, composer, dies at 51  

1820  On this day in history daniel Boone, frontiersman, dies in Missouri at 85  

1866  On September - 26 carl Almqvist, Swedish author (Amorina), dies at 72  

1868  On this day in history death of august Ferdinand Möbius, German mathematician and astronomer (b. 1790)  

1871  Philip Cipriani Hambly Potter, composer, dies at 78 on September - 26.  

1877  On this day in history death of hermann Grassmann, German mathematician and physicist (b. 1809)  

1902  On this day in history death of levi Strauss, American clothing manufacturer (b. 1829)  

1904  On this day in history lafcadio Hearn, author (Soul of the Great Ball), dies at 54  

1917  On this day in history edgar H G Degas, French painter (ballerina), dies  

1935  On this day in history andy Adams, US writer (Cattle fire), dies at 76  

1936  Harriet Monroe, US poet (Poet's Life), dies at 75 on September - 26.  

1937  On this day in history bessie Smith, singer, dies of injuries sustained in car crash at 43  

1940  On this day in history walter Benjamin, writer, dies at 48  

1944  On this day in history ernst Isler, composer, dies at 64  

1945  On September - 26 béla V J Bartok, Hungarian pianist/composer dies at 64  

1947  Hugh Lofting, writer (Gub Gub Book), dies at 61 on September - 26.  

1951  Death of Hans Cloos, German geologist (b. 1885) on this day in history.  

1952  George Santayana, US philosopher/poet (Last Puritan), dies at 88 on September - 26.  

1953  Death of Xu Beihong, Chinese painter (b. 1895) on this day in history.  

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1181  Saint Francis of Assisi, Italian founder of the Franciscan Order (d. 1226) was born on this day in history.  

1329  On September - 26 birth of anna of Bavaria, Queen of the Romans (d. 1353)  

1406  On September - 26 birth of thomas de Ros, 9th Baron de Ros, English soldier and politician (d. 1430)  

1688  Willem J 's-Gravesande, Dutch physicist was born on this day in history.  

1711  Richard Grenville-Temple, 2nd Earl Temple, English politician (d. 1779) was born on this day in history.  

1729  On this day in history birth of moses Mendelssohn, philosopher/critic/Bible translator  

1750  On September - 26 birth of cuthbert Collingwood, 1st Baron Collingwood, British admiral (d. 1810)  

1758  Cosme Argerich, Argentine physician, founder of the Medicine School of Buenos Aires was born on this day in history.