Famous Deaths In September - 26

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

1342  John I, ruler of Poland, dies on September - 26.   

1345  Willem IV, earl of Henegouwen/Holland/Zealand, dies at about 27 on September - 26.   

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

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

1468  On September - 26 death of juan de Torquemada, Spanish Catholic cardinal (b. 1388)   

1614  Felice Anerio, Italian composer (pontifical royal chapel), dies on September - 26.   

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

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

1657  Hadji Chalfa/Katib Tsjelebi, Turkish geographer, dies at 48 on this day in history.   

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

1763  On this day in history death of john Byron, English poet (b. 1692)   

1764  On this day in history death of benito Jerónimo Feijóo y Montenegro, Spanish scholar (b. 1767)   

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

1802  Death of Baron Jurij Vega, Slovenian mathematician and military officer (b. 1754) on September - 26.   

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

1820  On September - 26 daniel Boone, frontiersman, dies in Missouri at 85   

1866  Carl Almqvist, Swedish author (Amorina), dies at 72 on this day in history.   

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

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

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

1902  Death of Levi Strauss, American clothing manufacturer (b. 1829) on September - 26.   

1904  On this day in history 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  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  Bessie Smith, singer, dies of injuries sustained in car crash at 43 on September - 26.   

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

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

1945  On September - 26 béla V J Bartok, Hungarian pianist/composer dies at 64   

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  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 September - 26.   

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

1750  Cuthbert Collingwood, 1st Baron Collingwood, British admiral (d. 1810) was born on September - 26.   

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