Famous Deaths Happened In September - 26

1023  Godfried I, duke of Neth-Lutherans, dies on this day in history.   

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

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

1371  On September - 26 vlkasin, Hungarian general/co-king of Serbia, dies   

1417  On this day in history death of francesco Zabarella, Italian jurist (b. 1360)   

1468  Death of Juan de Torquemada, Spanish Catholic cardinal (b. 1388) on this day in history.   

1614  On this day in history felice Anerio, Italian composer (pontifical royal chapel), dies   

1620  On this day in history death of taichang Emperor of China (b. 1582)   

1626  Lancelot Andrewes, English theologist/bishop of Winchester, dies at 71 on this day in history.   

1657  On September - 26 hadji Chalfa/Katib Tsjelebi, Turkish geographer, dies at 48   

1716  Death of Antoine Parent, French mathematician (b. 1666) on September - 26.   

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

1764  Death of Benito Jerónimo Feijóo y Montenegro, Spanish scholar (b. 1767) on this day in history.   

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

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

1808  On this day in history pavel Vranicky, composer, dies at 51   

1820  Daniel Boone, frontiersman, dies in Missouri at 85 on this day in history.   

1866  On this day in history carl Almqvist, Swedish author (Amorina), dies at 72   

1868  Death of August Ferdinand Möbius, German mathematician and astronomer (b. 1790) on this day in history.   

1871  On September - 26 philip Cipriani Hambly Potter, composer, dies at 78   

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

1902  On this day in history death of levi Strauss, American clothing manufacturer (b. 1829)   

1904  Lafcadio Hearn, author (Soul of the Great Ball), dies at 54 on this day in history.   

1917  On September - 26 edgar H G Degas, French painter (ballerina), dies   

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 this day in history bessie Smith, singer, dies of injuries sustained in car crash at 43   

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

1944  On this day in history ernst Isler, composer, dies at 64   

1945  Béla V J Bartok, Hungarian pianist/composer dies at 64 on September - 26.   

1947  On this day in history hugh Lofting, writer (Gub Gub Book), dies at 61   

1951  Death of Hans Cloos, German geologist (b. 1885) on September - 26.   

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 this day in history.   

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1181  On September - 26 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  On this day in history birth of willem J 's-Gravesande, Dutch physicist   

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

1729  On this day in history birth of moses Mendelssohn, philosopher/critic/Bible translator   

1750  On this day in history 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.