Famous Deaths In April - 26

0757  Stephen II, Pope (752-57), dies on this day in history.  

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

1196  On this day in history alfonso II, King of Aragon (1162-96), dies  

1444  Robert Campin, South Neth painter/porter of Doornik, dies at about 65 on this day in history.  

1476  On this day in history 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  Death of Ashikaga Yoshihisa, Japanese shogun (b. 1465) on this day in history.  

1558  Jean Francois Fernel, French physician, dies on April - 26.  

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

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

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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  Karl Siegmund von Seckendorff, composer, dies at 40 on this day in history.  

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 April - 26.  

1827  Bernardo Ottani, composer, dies at 90 on this day in history.  

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

1907  Pietro Plantania, composer, dies at 79 on this day in history.  

1910  Bjornstjerne Bjornson, Norwegian writer (Mary, Nobel 1903), dies at 77 on this day in history.  

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

1922  On this day in history hans Sommer, composer, dies at 84  

1924  Josef Labor, composer, dies at 82 on April - 26.  

1932  Bill Lockwood, cricketer (43 wickets in 12 Tests for England), dies on this day in history.  

1936  On April - 26 death of tammany Young, American actor (b.1886)  

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

1940  On this day in history carl Bosch, German chemist (BASF, IG Farben, Nobel 1931), dies at 65  

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

1946  Hermann Keyserling, count/philosopher (Unsterblichkeit), dies at 65 on April - 26.  

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1319  Jean II, the Good, king of France (1350-64) was born on this day in history.  

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

1564  On this day in history birth of william Shakespeare, Stratford-on-Avon England, playwright (Hamlet)  

1567  On this day in history birth of nicolas Forme, composer  

1573  On this day in history birth of marie de'Medici, Queen of France  

1603  Francesco Nigetti, composer was born on this day in history.  

1637  On April - 26 birth of philip J van Lichtenbergh, Governor of Suriname, baptized  

1648  Pedro II, King of Portugal (1683-1706) was born on April - 26.