Famous Deaths Happened In April - 26
Sunday, 14 December 2025
0757 On April - 26 stephen II, Pope (752-57), dies 

1192 Death of Emperor Go-Shirakawa of Japan (b. 1127) on this day in history. 

1196 Alfonso II, King of Aragon (1162-96), dies on this day in history. 

1444 On April - 26 robert Campin, South Neth painter/porter of Doornik, dies at about 65 

1476 On this day in history death of simonetta Vespucci, inspiration of Botticelli (b.1453) 

1478 On this day in history 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 this day in history. 

1648 On this day in history christoph Thomas Walliser, composer, dies at 79 

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 this day in history. 

1726 On April - 26 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 Death of Nano Nagle, Irish convent founder (b. 1718) on this day in history. 

1785 On April - 26 karl Siegmund von Seckendorff, composer, dies at 40 

1789 Peter I Panin, Russian general (Pugatshov-uprising), dies at about 67 on April - 26. 

1805 Jean BG d'ansse the Villoison, classic (Anecdota Graeca), dies at 55 on April - 26. 

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 Pietro Plantania, composer, dies at 79 on April - 26. 

1910 Bjornstjerne Bjornson, Norwegian writer (Mary, Nobel 1903), dies at 77 on this day in history. 

1920 Death of Srinivasa Ramanujan, Indian mathematician (b. 1887) on this day in history. 

1922 Hans Sommer, composer, dies at 84 on April - 26. 

1924 Josef Labor, composer, dies at 82 on April - 26. 

1932 On this day in history bill Lockwood, cricketer (43 wickets in 12 Tests for England), dies 

1936 On this day in history death of tammany Young, American actor (b.1886) 

1938 Edmund Husserl, German philosopher (study of phenomenon), dies at 79 on April - 26. 

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

1941 On this day in history jean Demoor, Belgian physician/physiologist/educationalist, dies at 74 

1944 On April - 26 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 On this day in history hermann Keyserling, count/philosopher (Unsterblichkeit), dies at 65 

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