Famous Deaths In September - 26

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

1342  John I, ruler of Poland, dies on September - 26.   

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  On this day in history death of francesco Zabarella, Italian jurist (b. 1360)   

1468  Death of Juan de Torquemada, Spanish Catholic cardinal (b. 1388) on September - 26.   

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  Lancelot Andrewes, English theologist/bishop of Winchester, dies at 71 on September - 26.   

1657  Hadji Chalfa/Katib Tsjelebi, Turkish geographer, dies at 48 on this day in history.   

1716  Death of Antoine Parent, French mathematician (b. 1666) on September - 26.   

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 September - 26 francois Bainville, composer, dies at 63   

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

1808  On September - 26 pavel Vranicky, composer, dies at 51   

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

1866  On this day in history carl Almqvist, Swedish author (Amorina), dies at 72   

1868  On this day in history death of august Ferdinand Möbius, German mathematician and astronomer (b. 1790)   

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  On this day in history death of levi Strauss, American clothing manufacturer (b. 1829)   

1904  Lafcadio Hearn, author (Soul of the Great Ball), dies at 54 on this day in history.   

1917  Edgar H G Degas, French painter (ballerina), dies on this day in history.   

1935  Andy Adams, US writer (Cattle fire), dies at 76 on this day in history.   

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

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 this day in history.   

1951  On this day in history death of hans Cloos, German geologist (b. 1885)   

1952  On September - 26 george Santayana, US philosopher/poet (Last Puritan), dies at 88   

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 September - 26.   

1329  Anna of Bavaria, Queen of the Romans (d. 1353) was born on September - 26.   

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 this day in history.   

1729  On this day in history 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 September - 26 birth of cosme Argerich, Argentine physician, founder of the Medicine School of Buenos Aires.