Famous Deaths In September - 26

1023  On September - 26 godfried I, duke of Neth-Lutherans, dies  

1342  John I, ruler of Poland, dies on this day in history.  

1345  On September - 26 willem IV, earl of Henegouwen/Holland/Zealand, dies at about 27  

1371  On this day in history vlkasin, Hungarian general/co-king of Serbia, dies  

1417  Death of Francesco Zabarella, Italian jurist (b. 1360) on September - 26.  

1468  Death of Juan de Torquemada, Spanish Catholic cardinal (b. 1388) on September - 26.  

1614  Felice Anerio, Italian composer (pontifical royal chapel), dies on this day in history.  

1620  Death of Taichang Emperor of China (b. 1582) on this day in history.  

1626  On September - 26 lancelot Andrewes, English theologist/bishop of Winchester, dies at 71  

1657  On this day in history hadji Chalfa/Katib Tsjelebi, Turkish geographer, dies at 48  

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1716  On September - 26 death of antoine Parent, French mathematician (b. 1666)  

1763  On September - 26 death of john Byron, English poet (b. 1692)  

1764  On September - 26 death of benito Jerónimo Feijóo y Montenegro, Spanish scholar (b. 1767)  

1788  On this day in history francois Bainville, composer, dies at 63  

1802  Death of Baron Jurij Vega, Slovenian mathematician and military officer (b. 1754) on this day in history.  

1808  On September - 26 pavel Vranicky, composer, dies at 51  

1820  Daniel Boone, frontiersman, dies in Missouri at 85 on September - 26.  

1866  On September - 26 carl Almqvist, Swedish author (Amorina), dies at 72  

1868  Death of August Ferdinand Möbius, German mathematician and astronomer (b. 1790) on September - 26.  

1871  Philip Cipriani Hambly Potter, composer, dies at 78 on this day in history.  

1877  Death of Hermann Grassmann, German mathematician and physicist (b. 1809) on September - 26.  

1902  Death of Levi Strauss, American clothing manufacturer (b. 1829) on this day in history.  

1904  On September - 26 lafcadio Hearn, author (Soul of the Great Ball), dies at 54  

1917  Edgar H G Degas, French painter (ballerina), dies on September - 26.  

1935  Andy Adams, US writer (Cattle fire), dies at 76 on this day in history.  

1936  On September - 26 harriet Monroe, US poet (Poet's Life), dies at 75  

1937  On September - 26 bessie Smith, singer, dies of injuries sustained in car crash at 43  

1940  On September - 26 walter Benjamin, writer, dies at 48  

1944  Ernst Isler, composer, dies at 64 on this day in history.  

1945  On this day in history béla V J Bartok, Hungarian pianist/composer dies at 64  

1947  On September - 26 hugh Lofting, writer (Gub Gub Book), dies at 61  

1951  On September - 26 death of hans Cloos, German geologist (b. 1885)  

1952  On September - 26 george Santayana, US philosopher/poet (Last Puritan), dies at 88  

1953  Death of Xu Beihong, Chinese painter (b. 1895) on this day in history.  

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1181  On this day in history birth of saint Francis of Assisi, Italian founder of the Franciscan Order (d. 1226)  

1329  On this day in history birth of anna of Bavaria, Queen of the Romans (d. 1353)  

1406  Thomas de Ros, 9th Baron de Ros, English soldier and politician (d. 1430) was born on this day in history.  

1688  Willem J 's-Gravesande, Dutch physicist was born on September - 26.  

1711  On September - 26 birth of richard Grenville-Temple, 2nd Earl Temple, English politician (d. 1779)  

1729  Moses Mendelssohn, philosopher/critic/Bible translator was born on September - 26.  

1750  On September - 26 birth of cuthbert Collingwood, 1st Baron Collingwood, British admiral (d. 1810)  

1758  Cosme Argerich, Argentine physician, founder of the Medicine School of Buenos Aires was born on this day in history.