Famous Deaths In September - 26

1023  On September - 26 godfried I, duke of Neth-Lutherans, dies   

1342  John I, ruler of Poland, dies on this day in history.   

1345  On September - 26 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  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 September - 26.   

1657  On this day in history hadji Chalfa/Katib Tsjelebi, Turkish geographer, dies at 48   

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

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 this day in history death of baron Jurij Vega, Slovenian mathematician and military officer (b. 1754)   

1808  Pavel Vranicky, composer, dies at 51 on this day in history.   

1820  Daniel Boone, frontiersman, dies in Missouri at 85 on this day in history.   

1866  Carl Almqvist, Swedish author (Amorina), dies at 72 on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1904  Lafcadio Hearn, author (Soul of the Great Ball), dies at 54 on September - 26.   

1917  On September - 26 edgar H G Degas, French painter (ballerina), dies   

1935  On this day in history andy Adams, US writer (Cattle fire), dies at 76   

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 September - 26 walter Benjamin, writer, dies at 48   

1944  Ernst Isler, composer, dies at 64 on this day in history.   

1945  Béla V J Bartok, Hungarian pianist/composer dies at 64 on this day in history.   

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  George Santayana, US philosopher/poet (Last Puritan), dies at 88 on September - 26.   

1953  On September - 26 death of xu Beihong, Chinese painter (b. 1895)   

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

1406  Thomas de Ros, 9th Baron de Ros, English soldier and politician (d. 1430) was born on September - 26.   

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 this day in history.   

1729  On this day in history birth of moses Mendelssohn, philosopher/critic/Bible translator   

1750  On September - 26 birth of cuthbert Collingwood, 1st Baron Collingwood, British admiral (d. 1810)   

1758  On September - 26 birth of cosme Argerich, Argentine physician, founder of the Medicine School of Buenos Aires.