Famous Deaths Happened In April - 26
Thursday, 18 December 2025
0757 On this day in history stephen II, Pope (752-57), dies 

1192 On April - 26 death of emperor Go-Shirakawa of Japan (b. 1127) 

1196 On April - 26 alfonso II, King of Aragon (1162-96), dies 

1444 Robert Campin, South Neth painter/porter of Doornik, dies at about 65 on April - 26. 

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

1478 On April - 26 death of giuliano de' Medici, Medeheerser of Florence, murdered at about 24 

1489 On April - 26 death of ashikaga Yoshihisa, Japanese shogun (b. 1465) 

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 April - 26. 

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

1731 On April - 26 daniel Defoe, English author (Robinson Crusoe), dies at about 70 

1784 Death of Nano Nagle, Irish convent founder (b. 1718) on April - 26. 

1785 Karl Siegmund von Seckendorff, composer, dies at 40 on April - 26. 

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

1805 Jean BG d'ansse the Villoison, classic (Anecdota Graeca), dies at 55 on this day in history. 

1827 On this day in history bernardo Ottani, composer, dies at 90 

1865 On this day in history charles J Sax, Belgian inventor (saxophone), dies at 74 

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

1892 On April - 26 death of sir Provo Wallis, British Admiral and naval hero (b. 1791) 

1907 On April - 26 pietro Plantania, composer, dies at 79 

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

1920 On this day in history death of srinivasa Ramanujan, Indian mathematician (b. 1887) 

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

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

1932 On April - 26 bill Lockwood, cricketer (43 wickets in 12 Tests for England), dies 

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

1938 Edmund Husserl, German philosopher (study of phenomenon), dies at 79 on April - 26. 

1940 Carl Bosch, German chemist (BASF, IG Farben, Nobel 1931), dies at 65 on April - 26. 

1941 On April - 26 jean Demoor, Belgian physician/physiologist/educationalist, dies at 74 

1944 On April - 26 death of violette Morris, French athlete (b. 1893) 

1945 Death of Pavlo Skoropadsky, Ukrainian politician and general (b. 1871) on April - 26. 

1946 On this day in history hermann Keyserling, count/philosopher (Unsterblichkeit), dies at 65 

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