Famous Deaths In September - 26

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

1342  On this day in history 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  Death of Francesco Zabarella, Italian jurist (b. 1360) on September - 26.  

1468  On September - 26 death of juan de Torquemada, Spanish Catholic cardinal (b. 1388)  

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  Lancelot Andrewes, English theologist/bishop of Winchester, dies at 71 on this day in history.  

1657  On this day in history 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  On September - 26 death of john Byron, English poet (b. 1692)  

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  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 September - 26.  

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 this day in history.  

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

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

1940  Walter Benjamin, writer, dies at 48 on this day in history.  

1944  On September - 26 ernst Isler, composer, dies at 64  

1945  On September - 26 béla V J Bartok, Hungarian pianist/composer dies at 64  

1947  Hugh Lofting, writer (Gub Gub Book), dies at 61 on this day in history.  

1951  On September - 26 death of hans Cloos, German geologist (b. 1885)  

1952  George Santayana, US philosopher/poet (Last Puritan), dies at 88 on this day in history.  

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

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1181  On this day in history birth of saint Francis of Assisi, Italian founder of the Franciscan Order (d. 1226)  

1329  On this day in history birth of anna of Bavaria, Queen of the Romans (d. 1353)  

1406  On September - 26 birth of thomas de Ros, 9th Baron de Ros, English soldier and politician (d. 1430)  

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  On September - 26 birth of moses Mendelssohn, philosopher/critic/Bible translator  

1750  Cuthbert Collingwood, 1st Baron Collingwood, British admiral (d. 1810) was born on September - 26.  

1758  On this day in history birth of cosme Argerich, Argentine physician, founder of the Medicine School of Buenos Aires.