Famous Deaths Happened In September - 26

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

1342  On this day in history 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 this day in history vlkasin, Hungarian general/co-king of Serbia, dies   

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 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 September - 26.   

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

1716  On this day in history death of antoine Parent, French mathematician (b. 1666)   

1763  Death of John Byron, English poet (b. 1692) on this day in history.   

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

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

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  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 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 this day in history.   

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

1917  Edgar H G Degas, French painter (ballerina), dies on September - 26.   

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

1936  On this day in history harriet Monroe, US poet (Poet's Life), dies at 75   

1937  On September - 26 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  Hugh Lofting, writer (Gub Gub Book), dies at 61 on this day in history.   

1951  Death of Hans Cloos, German geologist (b. 1885) on this day in history.   

1952  On September - 26 george Santayana, US philosopher/poet (Last Puritan), dies at 88   

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  On September - 26 birth of anna of Bavaria, Queen of the Romans (d. 1353)   

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 September - 26.   

1711  Richard Grenville-Temple, 2nd Earl Temple, English politician (d. 1779) was born on September - 26.   

1729  On this day in history 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 this day in history.