Famous Deaths Happened In April - 26

0757  Stephen II, Pope (752-57), dies on this day in history.   

1192  On April - 26 death of emperor Go-Shirakawa of Japan (b. 1127)   

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

1444  Robert Campin, South Neth painter/porter of Doornik, dies at about 65 on April - 26.   

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 April - 26.   

1489  Death of Ashikaga Yoshihisa, Japanese shogun (b. 1465) on April - 26.   

1558  On this day in history jean Francois Fernel, French physician, dies   

1648  Christoph Thomas Walliser, composer, dies at 79 on this day in history.   

1703  Georg Christoph Leuttner, composer, dies at 58 on April - 26.   

1716  On April - 26 death of john Somers, 1st Baron Somers, Lord Chancellor of England (b. 1651)   

1726  Jeremy Collier, Engl bishop/historian/opponent to theater, dies at 75 on this day in history.   

1731  On this day in history daniel Defoe, English author (Robinson Crusoe), dies at about 70   

1784  On this day in history 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 April - 26.   

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

1827  On this day in history bernardo Ottani, composer, dies at 90   

1865  On this day in history charles J Sax, Belgian inventor (saxophone), dies at 74   

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

1892  On this day in history death of sir Provo Wallis, British Admiral and naval hero (b. 1791)   

1907  On this day in history pietro Plantania, composer, dies at 79   

1910  On this day in history bjornstjerne Bjornson, Norwegian writer (Mary, Nobel 1903), dies at 77   

1920  On April - 26 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  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 this day in history.   

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

1945  On April - 26 death of pavlo Skoropadsky, Ukrainian politician and general (b. 1871)   

1946  On April - 26 hermann Keyserling, count/philosopher (Unsterblichkeit), dies at 65   

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1319  On April - 26 birth of jean II, the Good, king of France (1350-64)   

1538  On this day in history 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  On this day in history birth of francesco Nigetti, composer   

1637  On this day in history birth of philip J van Lichtenbergh, Governor of Suriname, baptized   

1648  Pedro II, King of Portugal (1683-1706) was born on April - 26.