Famous Deaths In September - 26

1023  On this day in history godfried I, duke of Neth-Lutherans, dies   

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

1345  On September - 26 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  On September - 26 felice Anerio, Italian composer (pontifical royal chapel), dies   

1620  On September - 26 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  Hadji Chalfa/Katib Tsjelebi, Turkish geographer, dies at 48 on September - 26.   

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

1763  Death of John Byron, English poet (b. 1692) on September - 26.   

1764  Death of Benito Jerónimo Feijóo y Montenegro, Spanish scholar (b. 1767) on this day in history.   

1788  On this day in history francois Bainville, composer, dies at 63   

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

1808  Pavel Vranicky, composer, dies at 51 on September - 26.   

1820  On September - 26 daniel Boone, frontiersman, dies in Missouri at 85   

1866  Carl Almqvist, Swedish author (Amorina), dies at 72 on September - 26.   

1868  On September - 26 death of august Ferdinand Möbius, German mathematician and astronomer (b. 1790)   

1871  On this day in history philip Cipriani Hambly Potter, composer, dies at 78   

1877  Death of Hermann Grassmann, German mathematician and physicist (b. 1809) on this day in history.   

1902  On September - 26 death of levi Strauss, American clothing manufacturer (b. 1829)   

1904  On this day in history 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  On September - 26 bessie Smith, singer, dies of injuries sustained in car crash at 43   

1940  Walter Benjamin, writer, dies at 48 on September - 26.   

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

1945  Béla V J Bartok, Hungarian pianist/composer dies at 64 on September - 26.   

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

1951  On this day in history 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  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 September - 26.   

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 September - 26 birth of willem J 's-Gravesande, Dutch physicist   

1711  On this day in history birth of richard Grenville-Temple, 2nd Earl Temple, English politician (d. 1779)   

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  Cosme Argerich, Argentine physician, founder of the Medicine School of Buenos Aires was born on September - 26.