Famous Deaths In February - 26

1076  Death of Godfried III, with the Hump, duke of Neth-Lutherian, murdered on February - 26.  

1154  Rogier II Guiscard, King of Sicily (1101-54), dies at 60 on February - 26.  

1200  Death of Symeon, former Serbian ruler and saint on this day in history.  

1266  On February - 26 manfred, bastard son of Emperor Frederik II/king of Sicily, dies  

1324  Dino Compagni, Italian silk seller/poet/chronicler, dies on February - 26.  

1360  On February - 26 death of roger Mortimer, 2nd Earl of March, English military leader (b. 1328)  

1538  Worp van Thabor, Frisian abbott of Thabor (Chronicon Frisiae), dies on this day in history.  

1552  On February - 26 death of heinrich Faber, German composer  

1561  Death of Jorge de Montemayor, Spanish writer on this day in history.  

1577  On this day in history erik XIV Wasa, King of Sweden (1560-69), dies at 43  

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1608  Death of John Still, English bishop on February - 26.  

1630  William Brade, composer, dies on February - 26.  

1686  Godefroi L earl d'estrades, French diplomat/marshal, dies at about 78 on February - 26.  

1723  On this day in history death of thomas d'Urfey, English writer (b. 1653)  

1726  On February - 26 maximilian II M Emanuel, elect of Bavaria/governor of Netherlands, dies  

1766  August Bernhard Valentin Herbing, composer, dies at 30 on this day in history.  

1770  On February - 26 francois Hanot, composer, dies at 72  

1802  Death of Esek Hopkins, American Revolutionary War admiral (b. 1718) on this day in history.  

1810  Johann Ernst Rembt, composer, dies at 60 on this day in history.  

1813  On February - 26 robert R Livingston, US diplomat (Decl of Independence), dies at 66  

1815  Death of Prince Josias of Coburg, Austrian general (b. 1737) on February - 26.  

1821  On February - 26 death of joseph de Maistre, Savoyard diplomat and writer (b. 1753)  

1823  On this day in history john P Kemble, English actor/director (Covent Garden), dies at 66  

1827  David Moritz Michael, composer, dies at 75 on February - 26.  

1857  On February - 26 ole Andreas Lindeman, composer, dies at 88  

1859  Ferdinand Lukas Schubert, composer, dies at 64 on February - 26.  

1864  On February - 26 death of louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine, French Canadian politician (b. 1807)  

1870  On February - 26 death of wyatt Outlaw, black leader of Union League in NC, lynched  

1871  Charles Niellon, Belgian brigade general, dies at 76 on this day in history.  

1883  On February - 26 death of alexandros Koumoundouros, Greek politician, Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1817)  

1889  On this day in history death of karl Davydov, Russian cellist (b. 1838)  

1901  Death of Chi-hsui, during Boxer Rebellion in China, beheaded on February - 26.  

1903  Richard J Gatling, US inventor (Gatling Gun), dies at 84 on February - 26.  

1906  On this day in history manuel Fernandez Caballero, composer, dies at 70  

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1361  On February - 26 birth of wenceslas of Bohemia, Holy Roman Catholic German emperor (1378-1400)  

1587  Stefano Landi, Italian composer (d. 1639) was born on this day in history.  

1588  On this day in history birth of nicolaus Erich, composer  

1671  On this day in history birth of anthony Ashley-Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury, English politician and philosopher (d. 1713)  

1672  Antoine Augustine Calmet, French theologian (d. 1757) was born on this day in history.  

1675  Johann Philipp Treiber, composer was born on February - 26.  

1677  On this day in history birth of nicola Fago, composer  

1686  On February - 26 birth of godefroi L Count d'Estrades, French diplomat