Famous Deaths In April - 26

0757  Stephen II, Pope (752-57), dies on April - 26.   

1192  On this day in history death of emperor Go-Shirakawa of Japan (b. 1127)   

1196  On April - 26 alfonso II, King of Aragon (1162-96), dies   

1444  Robert Campin, South Neth painter/porter of Doornik, dies at about 65 on this day in history.   

1476  Death of Simonetta Vespucci, inspiration of Botticelli (b.1453) on this day in history.   

1478  On April - 26 death of giuliano de' Medici, Medeheerser of Florence, murdered at about 24   

1489  On this day in history death of ashikaga Yoshihisa, Japanese shogun (b. 1465)   

1558  Jean Francois Fernel, French physician, dies on April - 26.   

1648  Christoph Thomas Walliser, composer, dies at 79 on April - 26.   

1703  Georg Christoph Leuttner, composer, dies at 58 on this day in history.   

1716  Death of John Somers, 1st Baron Somers, Lord Chancellor of England (b. 1651) on April - 26.   

1726  On this day in history jeremy Collier, Engl bishop/historian/opponent to theater, dies at 75   

1731  Daniel Defoe, English author (Robinson Crusoe), dies at about 70 on April - 26.   

1784  On this day in history death of nano Nagle, Irish convent founder (b. 1718)   

1785  On this day in history karl Siegmund von Seckendorff, composer, dies at 40   

1789  On this day in history peter I Panin, Russian general (Pugatshov-uprising), dies at about 67   

1805  On April - 26 jean BG d'ansse the Villoison, classic (Anecdota Graeca), dies at 55   

1827  On April - 26 bernardo Ottani, composer, dies at 90   

1865  Charles J Sax, Belgian inventor (saxophone), dies at 74 on this day in history.   

1881  On April - 26 death of ludwig Freiherr von und zu der Tann-Rathsamhausen, German general (b. 1815)   

1892  On April - 26 death of sir Provo Wallis, British Admiral and naval hero (b. 1791)   

1907  On April - 26 pietro Plantania, composer, dies at 79   

1910  On April - 26 bjornstjerne Bjornson, Norwegian writer (Mary, Nobel 1903), dies at 77   

1920  Death of Srinivasa Ramanujan, Indian mathematician (b. 1887) on April - 26.   

1922  Hans Sommer, composer, dies at 84 on this day in history.   

1924  Josef Labor, composer, dies at 82 on this day in history.   

1932  Bill Lockwood, cricketer (43 wickets in 12 Tests for England), dies on this day in history.   

1936  On April - 26 death of tammany Young, American actor (b.1886)   

1938  Edmund Husserl, German philosopher (study of phenomenon), dies at 79 on this day in history.   

1940  On this day in history carl Bosch, German chemist (BASF, IG Farben, Nobel 1931), dies at 65   

1941  Jean Demoor, Belgian physician/physiologist/educationalist, dies at 74 on this day in history.   

1944  On this day in history death of violette Morris, French athlete (b. 1893)   

1945  Death of Pavlo Skoropadsky, Ukrainian politician and general (b. 1871) on this day in history.   

1946  Hermann Keyserling, count/philosopher (Unsterblichkeit), dies at 65 on April - 26.   

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1319  Jean II, the Good, king of France (1350-64) was born on April - 26.   

1538  On April - 26 birth of giovanni P Lomazzo, Italian writer/poet (Trattato)   

1564  William Shakespeare, Stratford-on-Avon England, playwright (Hamlet) was born on this day in history.   

1567  On this day in history birth of nicolas Forme, composer   

1573  Marie de'Medici, Queen of France was born on this day in history.   

1603  Francesco Nigetti, composer was born on April - 26.   

1637  Philip J van Lichtenbergh, Governor of Suriname, baptized was born on this day in history.   

1648  On this day in history birth of pedro II, King of Portugal (1683-1706)