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  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  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 this day in history.  

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

1657  Hadji Chalfa/Katib Tsjelebi, Turkish geographer, dies at 48 on September - 26.  

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

1788  On September - 26 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  Pavel Vranicky, composer, dies at 51 on this day in history.  

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

1866  On this day in history 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  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 this day in history.  

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

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  Walter Benjamin, writer, dies at 48 on this day in history.  

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

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

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1181  On September - 26 birth of saint Francis of Assisi, Italian founder of the Franciscan Order (d. 1226)  

1329  On September - 26 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 September - 26.  

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

1750  Cuthbert Collingwood, 1st Baron Collingwood, British admiral (d. 1810) was born on this day in history.  

1758  On this day in history birth of cosme Argerich, Argentine physician, founder of the Medicine School of Buenos Aires.