Famous Deaths In September - 26

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

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 September - 26 vlkasin, Hungarian general/co-king of Serbia, dies  

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  On this day in history felice Anerio, Italian composer (pontifical royal chapel), dies  

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 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  Death of Benito Jerónimo Feijóo y Montenegro, Spanish scholar (b. 1767) on September - 26.  

1788  Francois Bainville, composer, dies at 63 on September - 26.  

1802  On September - 26 death of baron Jurij Vega, Slovenian mathematician and military officer (b. 1754)  

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

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

1866  Carl Almqvist, Swedish author (Amorina), dies at 72 on September - 26.  

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 September - 26 death of hermann Grassmann, German mathematician and physicist (b. 1809)  

1902  On September - 26 death of levi Strauss, American clothing manufacturer (b. 1829)  

1904  On September - 26 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 this day in history 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  On September - 26 hugh Lofting, writer (Gub Gub Book), dies at 61  

1951  On this day in history death of hans Cloos, German geologist (b. 1885)  

1952  On this day in history george Santayana, US philosopher/poet (Last Puritan), dies at 88  

1953  Death of Xu Beihong, Chinese painter (b. 1895) on September - 26.  

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1181  Saint Francis of Assisi, Italian founder of the Franciscan Order (d. 1226) was born on this day in history.  

1329  Anna of Bavaria, Queen of the Romans (d. 1353) was born on September - 26.  

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