Famous Deaths Happened In April - 26
Friday, 19 September 2025
0757 On April - 26 stephen II, Pope (752-57), dies
1192 On this day in history death of emperor Go-Shirakawa of Japan (b. 1127)
1196 Alfonso II, King of Aragon (1162-96), dies on this day in history.
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 On April - 26 christoph Thomas Walliser, composer, dies at 79
1703 Georg Christoph Leuttner, composer, dies at 58 on this day in history.
1716 On April - 26 death of john Somers, 1st Baron Somers, Lord Chancellor of England (b. 1651)
1726 On this day in history jeremy Collier, Engl bishop/historian/opponent to theater, dies at 75
1731 Daniel Defoe, English author (Robinson Crusoe), dies at about 70 on April - 26.
1784 Death of Nano Nagle, Irish convent founder (b. 1718) on April - 26.
1785 On April - 26 karl Siegmund von Seckendorff, composer, dies at 40
1789 Peter I Panin, Russian general (Pugatshov-uprising), dies at about 67 on this day in history.
1805 Jean BG d'ansse the Villoison, classic (Anecdota Graeca), dies at 55 on this day in history.
1827 Bernardo Ottani, composer, dies at 90 on this day in history.
1865 On this day in history charles J Sax, Belgian inventor (saxophone), dies at 74
1881 On this day in history death of ludwig Freiherr von und zu der Tann-Rathsamhausen, German general (b. 1815)
1892 Death of Sir Provo Wallis, British Admiral and naval hero (b. 1791) on April - 26.
1907 On this day in history pietro Plantania, composer, dies at 79
1910 On this day in history 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 Josef Labor, composer, dies at 82 on this day in history.
1932 Bill Lockwood, cricketer (43 wickets in 12 Tests for England), dies on April - 26.
1936 On this day in history death of tammany Young, American actor (b.1886)
1938 On this day in history edmund Husserl, German philosopher (study of phenomenon), dies at 79
1940 Carl Bosch, German chemist (BASF, IG Farben, Nobel 1931), dies at 65 on April - 26.
1941 Jean Demoor, Belgian physician/physiologist/educationalist, dies at 74 on this day in history.
1944 Death of Violette Morris, French athlete (b. 1893) on April - 26.
1945 Death of Pavlo Skoropadsky, Ukrainian politician and general (b. 1871) on this day in history.
1946 Hermann Keyserling, count/philosopher (Unsterblichkeit), dies at 65 on April - 26.
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