Famous Deaths In September - 26

1023  On this day in history 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  Vlkasin, Hungarian general/co-king of Serbia, dies on September - 26.   

1417  Death of Francesco Zabarella, Italian jurist (b. 1360) on September - 26.   

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  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  Death of Antoine Parent, French mathematician (b. 1666) on September - 26.   

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

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  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  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  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 September - 26 andy Adams, US writer (Cattle fire), dies at 76   

1936  Harriet Monroe, US poet (Poet's Life), dies at 75 on this day in history.   

1937  On this day in history bessie Smith, singer, dies of injuries sustained in car crash at 43   

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

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

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 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 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  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 this day in history.   

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

1729  Moses Mendelssohn, philosopher/critic/Bible translator was born on September - 26.   

1750  On this day in history 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 September - 26.