Famous Deaths In September - 26

1023  Godfried I, duke of Neth-Lutherans, dies on this day in history.  

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

1345  Willem IV, earl of Henegouwen/Holland/Zealand, dies at about 27 on this day in history.  

1371  On this day in history vlkasin, Hungarian general/co-king of Serbia, dies  

1417  On September - 26 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 this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

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

1763  On this day in history 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  Francois Bainville, composer, dies at 63 on this day in history.  

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

1808  On this day in history pavel Vranicky, composer, dies at 51  

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

1904  On September - 26 lafcadio Hearn, author (Soul of the Great Ball), dies at 54  

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

1935  Andy Adams, US writer (Cattle fire), dies at 76 on September - 26.  

1936  Harriet Monroe, US poet (Poet's Life), dies at 75 on September - 26.  

1937  Bessie Smith, singer, dies of injuries sustained in car crash at 43 on this day in history.  

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

1944  On this day in history ernst Isler, composer, dies at 64  

1945  On this day in history béla V J Bartok, Hungarian pianist/composer dies at 64  

1947  Hugh Lofting, writer (Gub Gub Book), dies at 61 on September - 26.  

1951  On September - 26 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  On this day in history death of xu Beihong, Chinese painter (b. 1895)  

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

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 September - 26.  

1688  On this day in history 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  Moses Mendelssohn, philosopher/critic/Bible translator was born on this day in history.  

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.