Famous Deaths In October - 26
Saturday, 07 September 2024
0899 Alfred the Great, writer/king of Wessex (871-99), dies on October - 26.
1132 Death of Floris the Black, brother of earl Dirk VI of Holland, murdered on this day in history.
1235 On October - 26 andres II Arpad, King of Hungary (1205-35), dies
1440 Death of Gilles de Rais, French marshal, killer of 140 children, hanged on October - 26.
1576 Frederick II the Vrome, ruler of Palts, dies on October - 26.
1607 Philipp Nicolai, German Lutherian theologist/poet/composer, dies at 52 on this day in history.
1608 On October - 26 juan Pantoja de la Cruz, Spanish royal painter, dies
1633 Death of Horio Tadaharu, Japanese warlord (b. 1596) on this day in history.
1640 On October - 26 pietro Tacca, Italian sculptor/architect, dies at 63
1658 On October - 26 francisco de Borja y Aragon Esquilache, Spanish poet, dies
1661 On this day in history johann B Schup, [Schuppius], German poet/historian/vicar, dies
1671 Death of Sir John Gell, 1st Baronet, English politician (b. 1593) on this day in history.
1675 On this day in history death of william Sprague, English co-founder of Charlestown, Massachusetts (b. 1609)
1678 John Jenkins, composer, dies on October - 26.
1679 On October - 26 death of roger Boyle, 1st Earl of Orrery, British soldier, statesman, and dramatist (b. 1621)
1686 On this day in history death of john Egerton, 2nd Earl of Bridgewater, English politician (b. 1623)
1693 Coenraad van Beuningen, mayor of Amsterdam/diplomat, dies at 71 on this day in history.
1706 On this day in history andreas Werkmeister, composer, dies at 60
1717 Death of Catherine Sedley, English mistress of James II of England (b. 1657) on October - 26.
1733 On this day in history antonio Veracini, composer, dies at 74
1749 Louis-Nicholas Clerambault, French composer/organist, dies at 72 on October - 26.
1751 Death of Philip Doddridge, English religious leader (b. 1702) on this day in history.
1756 Johann Theodor Romhild, composer, dies at 72 on this day in history.
1764 On October - 26 death of william Hogarth, British painter (b. 1697)
1773 On this day in history death of amédée-François Frézier, French military engineer and explorer (b. 1682)
1803 On this day in history death of granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Marquess of Stafford, English politician (b. 1721)
1806 Death of John Graves Simcoe, first lieutenant-governor of Upper Canada (b. 1752) on this day in history.
1817 Death of Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin, Austrian scientist (b. 1727) on this day in history.
1823 Josef Preindl, composer, dies at 67 on this day in history.
1848 On this day in history vissarion G Belinski, Russian literature critic, dies
1858 Isac Baker Woodbury, composer, dies at 39 on October - 26.
1864 On October - 26 death of "Bloody Bill" Anderson, American Civil War rebel guerrilla leader (b. 1839)
1866 On October - 26 death of john Kinder Labatt, Irish-Canadian brewer (Labatt Brewing Company) (b. 1803)
1867 John Fawcett, composer, dies at 77 on this day in history.
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