Famous Deaths In June - 26

0363  On June - 26 flavius C Julianus, [Apostata], emperor of Rome (361-63), dies  

1291  Death of Eleanor of Provence, wife of Henry III of England on this day in history.  

1541  On June - 26 death of francisco Pizarro, Spanish conqueror of Peru, assassinated in Lima  

1631  Justinus van Nassau, ltalian admiral (Armada), dies on this day in history.  

1657  Tobias Michael, composer, dies at 65 on this day in history.  

1661  On this day in history lazaro Valvasensi, composer, dies at 76  

1666  Richard Fanshawe, diplomat/translator/poet, dies on this day in history.  

1688  Ralph Cudworth, philospher/cleric, dies on June - 26.  

1778  On June - 26 angelo Antonio Caroli, composer, dies at 77  

1793  Gilbert White, naturalist/cleric, dies on June - 26.  

Advertisements

1798  On June - 26 eugene Godecharle, composer, dies at 56  

1810  On June - 26 death of joseph Michel Montgolfier, French inventor (b. 1740)  

1819  On this day in history johann Wilhelm Stadler, composer, dies at 71  

1827  On June - 26 christian A Vulpius, German writer (Ornaldo Ornaldini), dies  

1836  Claude-Joseph Rouget de Lisle, author/composer (Marseillaise), dies on June - 26.  

1863  Andrew Hull Foote, US Union lt admiral, dies on this day in history.  

1878  On June - 26 death of mercedes of Orleans, queen of Spain (b. 1860)  

1896  Louis CPR of Orleans, French duke (chosen king of Belgian), dies at 81 on June - 26.  

1906  Alexander Muir, poet (Maple Leaf Forever), dies at 76 on June - 26.  

1918  Death of Peter Rosegger, Austrian poet and Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1843) on June - 26.  

1922  On June - 26 albert H K, monarch of Monaco (1889-1922), dies at 73  

1923  On June - 26 edward Rae, cricketer (introduced cricket into Russian Lapland), dies  

1926  Christina Goedvolk, wife of Henry Jut, dies on June - 26.  

1937  Georg A Erman, Ger egyptologist (Grammar of Ancient Egypt), dies at 82 on June - 26.  

1938  On this day in history james Weldon Johnson, black leader (NAACP), dies in car crash at 67  

1939  On this day in history ford M Ford, [Hueffer], British writer, (Tietjens Saga) dies at 65  

1943  On June - 26 death of fritz Schmidt, Nazi commissioner in Holland, commits suicide at 39  

1944  Billy Newham, cricketer (England Test 1887), dies on June - 26.  

1945  On this day in history erno Rapee, composer, dies at 54  

1946  Death of Max Kögel, SS officer (b. 1895) on June - 26.  

1947  On June - 26 death of richard Bedford Bennett, eleventh Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1870)  

1948  On June - 26 death of lilian Velez, Filipino actress (b. 1924)  

1949  Death of Kim Gu, President of the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea (b. 1876) on this day in history.  

1956  On this day in history clifford Brown, US jazz trumpeter (Joyspring, Jordu), dies at 25  

« Previous Page | 1 | 2 | 3 | Next Page »

1575  Anne Catherine of Brandenburg, queen of Denmark and Norway (d. 1612) was born on this day in history.  

1582  Johannes Schultz, composer was born on June - 26.  

1655  Jean Deutz, merchant/Amsterdam regent was born on June - 26.  

1681  Hedwig Sophia, duchess of Holstein-Gottorp, Swedish writer (d. 1708) was born on June - 26.  

1689  Edward Holyoke, American academic (d. 1769) was born on this day in history.  

1694  Georg Brandt, Swedish chemist and mineralogist (d. 1768) was born on this day in history.  

1702  Philip Doddridge, England, Dr/nonconformist clergyman was born on June - 26.  

1703  Thomas Clap, American academic (d. 1767) was born on this day in history.