Famous Deaths Happened In September - 26

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

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

1345  Willem IV, earl of Henegouwen/Holland/Zealand, dies at about 27 on September - 26.   

1371  Vlkasin, Hungarian general/co-king of Serbia, dies on this day in history.   

1417  Death of Francesco Zabarella, Italian jurist (b. 1360) on September - 26.   

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

1614  Felice Anerio, Italian composer (pontifical royal chapel), dies on September - 26.   

1620  On September - 26 death of taichang Emperor of China (b. 1582)   

1626  On this day in history lancelot Andrewes, English theologist/bishop of Winchester, dies at 71   

1657  On September - 26 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 September - 26.   

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 September - 26.   

1802  Death of Baron Jurij Vega, Slovenian mathematician and military officer (b. 1754) on this day in history.   

1808  On this day in history pavel Vranicky, composer, dies at 51   

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

1917  On this day in history edgar H G Degas, French painter (ballerina), dies   

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

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  On this day in history walter Benjamin, writer, dies at 48   

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

1945  On this day in history béla V J Bartok, Hungarian pianist/composer dies at 64   

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 September - 26.   

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  On September - 26 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  Thomas de Ros, 9th Baron de Ros, English soldier and politician (d. 1430) was born on this day in history.   

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  Moses Mendelssohn, philosopher/critic/Bible translator was born on this day in history.   

1750  Cuthbert Collingwood, 1st Baron Collingwood, British admiral (d. 1810) was born on this day in history.   

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