Famous Deaths In September - 26

1023  Godfried I, duke of Neth-Lutherans, dies on September - 26.  

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

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

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

1417  Death of Francesco Zabarella, Italian jurist (b. 1360) on this day in history.  

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

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

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

1626  On this day in history lancelot Andrewes, English theologist/bishop of Winchester, dies at 71  

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

1716  Death of Antoine Parent, French mathematician (b. 1666) on this day in history.  

1763  Death of John Byron, English poet (b. 1692) on September - 26.  

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

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

1802  On September - 26 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 September - 26 daniel Boone, frontiersman, dies in Missouri at 85  

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 September - 26.  

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

1877  On September - 26 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  Harriet Monroe, US poet (Poet's Life), dies at 75 on September - 26.  

1937  On September - 26 bessie Smith, singer, dies of injuries sustained in car crash at 43  

1940  On this day in history walter Benjamin, writer, dies at 48  

1944  Ernst Isler, composer, dies at 64 on September - 26.  

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 September - 26.  

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

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

1953  Death of Xu Beihong, Chinese painter (b. 1895) on this day in history.  

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1181  Saint Francis of Assisi, Italian founder of the Franciscan Order (d. 1226) was born on September - 26.  

1329  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

1688  On September - 26 birth of willem J 's-Gravesande, Dutch physicist  

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  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.