Famous Deaths In September - 26

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

1342  On September - 26 john I, ruler of Poland, dies  

1345  On this day in history willem IV, earl of Henegouwen/Holland/Zealand, dies at about 27  

1371  Vlkasin, Hungarian general/co-king of Serbia, dies on September - 26.  

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  On this day in history felice Anerio, Italian composer (pontifical royal chapel), dies  

1620  Death of Taichang Emperor of China (b. 1582) on September - 26.  

1626  On this day in history 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  Death of Antoine Parent, French mathematician (b. 1666) on this day in history.  

1763  Death of John Byron, English poet (b. 1692) on September - 26.  

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

1788  Francois Bainville, composer, dies at 63 on this day in history.  

1802  On this day in history death of baron Jurij Vega, Slovenian mathematician and military officer (b. 1754)  

1808  Pavel Vranicky, composer, dies at 51 on this day in history.  

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

1866  Carl Almqvist, Swedish author (Amorina), dies at 72 on September - 26.  

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

1871  On this day in history philip Cipriani Hambly Potter, composer, dies at 78  

1877  On September - 26 death of hermann Grassmann, German mathematician and physicist (b. 1809)  

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  On this day in history edgar H G Degas, French painter (ballerina), dies  

1935  On this day in history andy Adams, US writer (Cattle fire), dies at 76  

1936  Harriet Monroe, US poet (Poet's Life), dies at 75 on September - 26.  

1937  Bessie Smith, singer, dies of injuries sustained in car crash at 43 on this day in history.  

1940  Walter Benjamin, writer, dies at 48 on September - 26.  

1944  On September - 26 ernst Isler, composer, dies at 64  

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

1947  Hugh Lofting, writer (Gub Gub Book), dies at 61 on this day in history.  

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

1952  George Santayana, US philosopher/poet (Last Puritan), dies at 88 on this day in history.  

1953  Death of Xu Beihong, Chinese painter (b. 1895) on September - 26.  

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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  Anna of Bavaria, Queen of the Romans (d. 1353) was born on this day in history.  

1406  On this day in history birth of thomas de Ros, 9th Baron de Ros, English soldier and politician (d. 1430)  

1688  Willem J 's-Gravesande, Dutch physicist was born on this day in history.  

1711  On this day in history birth of richard Grenville-Temple, 2nd Earl Temple, English politician (d. 1779)  

1729  On September - 26 birth of moses Mendelssohn, philosopher/critic/Bible translator  

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 September - 26.