Famous Deaths Happened In April - 26
Wednesday, 15 October 2025
0757 Stephen II, Pope (752-57), dies on April - 26.
1192 Death of Emperor Go-Shirakawa of Japan (b. 1127) on April - 26.
1196 On April - 26 alfonso II, King of Aragon (1162-96), dies
1444 On April - 26 robert Campin, South Neth painter/porter of Doornik, dies at about 65
1476 On April - 26 death of simonetta Vespucci, inspiration of Botticelli (b.1453)
1478 Death of Giuliano de' Medici, Medeheerser of Florence, murdered at about 24 on this day in history.
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 Christoph Thomas Walliser, composer, dies at 79 on this day in history.
1703 On April - 26 georg Christoph Leuttner, composer, dies at 58
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 On this day in history daniel Defoe, English author (Robinson Crusoe), dies at about 70
1784 On April - 26 death of nano Nagle, Irish convent founder (b. 1718)
1785 Karl Siegmund von Seckendorff, composer, dies at 40 on April - 26.
1789 Peter I Panin, Russian general (Pugatshov-uprising), dies at about 67 on this day in history.
1805 On April - 26 jean BG d'ansse the Villoison, classic (Anecdota Graeca), dies at 55
1827 Bernardo Ottani, composer, dies at 90 on April - 26.
1865 Charles J Sax, Belgian inventor (saxophone), dies at 74 on this day in history.
1881 Death of Ludwig Freiherr von und zu der Tann-Rathsamhausen, German general (b. 1815) on this day in history.
1892 On this day in history death of sir Provo Wallis, British Admiral and naval hero (b. 1791)
1907 On April - 26 pietro Plantania, composer, dies at 79
1910 Bjornstjerne Bjornson, Norwegian writer (Mary, Nobel 1903), dies at 77 on this day in history.
1920 On this day in history death of srinivasa Ramanujan, Indian mathematician (b. 1887)
1922 On April - 26 hans Sommer, composer, dies at 84
1924 On April - 26 josef Labor, composer, dies at 82
1932 Bill Lockwood, cricketer (43 wickets in 12 Tests for England), dies on April - 26.
1936 Death of Tammany Young, American actor (b.1886) on this day in history.
1938 Edmund Husserl, German philosopher (study of phenomenon), dies at 79 on April - 26.
1940 Carl Bosch, German chemist (BASF, IG Farben, Nobel 1931), dies at 65 on April - 26.
1941 On April - 26 jean Demoor, Belgian physician/physiologist/educationalist, dies at 74
1944 Death of Violette Morris, French athlete (b. 1893) on this day in history.
1945 On April - 26 death of pavlo Skoropadsky, Ukrainian politician and general (b. 1871)
1946 Hermann Keyserling, count/philosopher (Unsterblichkeit), dies at 65 on April - 26.
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