Famous Deaths In April - 26

0757  On April - 26 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 this day in history.   

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

1476  Death of Simonetta Vespucci, inspiration of Botticelli (b.1453) on this day in history.   

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

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

1558  On April - 26 jean Francois Fernel, French physician, dies   

1648  Christoph Thomas Walliser, composer, dies at 79 on this day in history.   

1703  Georg Christoph Leuttner, composer, dies at 58 on April - 26.   

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

1726  Jeremy Collier, Engl bishop/historian/opponent to theater, dies at 75 on this day in history.   

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 April - 26 karl Siegmund von Seckendorff, composer, dies at 40   

1789  Peter I Panin, Russian general (Pugatshov-uprising), dies at about 67 on April - 26.   

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  Charles J Sax, Belgian inventor (saxophone), dies at 74 on April - 26.   

1881  On April - 26 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 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 this day in history.   

1924  Josef Labor, composer, dies at 82 on this day in history.   

1932  On this day in history bill Lockwood, cricketer (43 wickets in 12 Tests for England), dies   

1936  Death of Tammany Young, American actor (b.1886) on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1941  Jean Demoor, Belgian physician/physiologist/educationalist, dies at 74 on April - 26.   

1944  On this day in history death of violette Morris, French athlete (b. 1893)   

1945  On this day in history death of pavlo Skoropadsky, Ukrainian politician and general (b. 1871)   

1946  Hermann Keyserling, count/philosopher (Unsterblichkeit), dies at 65 on this day in history.   

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1319  On April - 26 birth of jean II, the Good, king of France (1350-64)   

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  On April - 26 birth of marie de'Medici, Queen of France   

1603  On April - 26 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)