Famous Deaths In September - 26

1023  On this day in history godfried I, duke of Neth-Lutherans, dies  

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

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

1371  Vlkasin, Hungarian general/co-king of Serbia, dies on this day in history.  

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  On September - 26 death of taichang Emperor of China (b. 1582)  

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

1657  On September - 26 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  Death of John Byron, English poet (b. 1692) on September - 26.  

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

1820  On this day in history daniel Boone, frontiersman, dies in Missouri at 85  

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

1868  On this day in history death of august Ferdinand Möbius, German mathematician and astronomer (b. 1790)  

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

1877  On this day in history death of hermann Grassmann, German mathematician and physicist (b. 1809)  

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  On September - 26 andy Adams, US writer (Cattle fire), dies at 76  

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

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

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  Hugh Lofting, writer (Gub Gub Book), dies at 61 on September - 26.  

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

1952  George Santayana, US philosopher/poet (Last Puritan), dies at 88 on September - 26.  

1953  On this day in history death of xu Beihong, Chinese painter (b. 1895)  

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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 September - 26.  

1406  On September - 26 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 September - 26.  

1711  Richard Grenville-Temple, 2nd Earl Temple, English politician (d. 1779) was born on this day in history.  

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

1750  On this day in history birth of cuthbert Collingwood, 1st Baron Collingwood, British admiral (d. 1810)  

1758  On September - 26 birth of cosme Argerich, Argentine physician, founder of the Medicine School of Buenos Aires.