Famous Deaths Happened In October - 26

0899  Alfred the Great, writer/king of Wessex (871-99), dies on this day in history.   

1132  On October - 26 death of floris the Black, brother of earl Dirk VI of Holland, murdered   

1235  Andres II Arpad, King of Hungary (1205-35), dies on October - 26.   

1440  On October - 26 death of gilles de Rais, French marshal, killer of 140 children, hanged   

1576  On this day in history frederick II the Vrome, ruler of Palts, dies   

1607  Philipp Nicolai, German Lutherian theologist/poet/composer, dies at 52 on this day in history.   

1608  Juan Pantoja de la Cruz, Spanish royal painter, dies on this day in history.   

1633  Death of Horio Tadaharu, Japanese warlord (b. 1596) on this day in history.   

1640  On this day in history pietro Tacca, Italian sculptor/architect, dies at 63   

1658  On October - 26 francisco de Borja y Aragon Esquilache, Spanish poet, dies   

1661  On this day in history johann B Schup, [Schuppius], German poet/historian/vicar, dies   

1671  Death of Sir John Gell, 1st Baronet, English politician (b. 1593) on this day in history.   

1675  Death of William Sprague, English co-founder of Charlestown, Massachusetts (b. 1609) on this day in history.   

1678  John Jenkins, composer, dies on this day in history.   

1679  On this day in history death of roger Boyle, 1st Earl of Orrery, British soldier, statesman, and dramatist (b. 1621)   

1686  Death of John Egerton, 2nd Earl of Bridgewater, English politician (b. 1623) on October - 26.   

1693  On this day in history coenraad van Beuningen, mayor of Amsterdam/diplomat, dies at 71   

1706  On this day in history andreas Werkmeister, composer, dies at 60   

1717  Death of Catherine Sedley, English mistress of James II of England (b. 1657) on this day in history.   

1733  Antonio Veracini, composer, dies at 74 on October - 26.   

1749  On October - 26 louis-Nicholas Clerambault, French composer/organist, dies at 72   

1751  On this day in history death of philip Doddridge, English religious leader (b. 1702)   

1756  Johann Theodor Romhild, composer, dies at 72 on this day in history.   

1764  On this day in history death of william Hogarth, British painter (b. 1697)   

1773  On October - 26 death of amédée-François Frézier, French military engineer and explorer (b. 1682)   

1803  Death of Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Marquess of Stafford, English politician (b. 1721) on October - 26.   

1806  On this day in history death of john Graves Simcoe, first lieutenant-governor of Upper Canada (b. 1752)   

1817  On October - 26 death of nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin, Austrian scientist (b. 1727)   

1823  Josef Preindl, composer, dies at 67 on this day in history.   

1848  On this day in history vissarion G Belinski, Russian literature critic, dies   

1858  On October - 26 isac Baker Woodbury, composer, dies at 39   

1864  On October - 26 death of "Bloody Bill" Anderson, American Civil War rebel guerrilla leader (b. 1839)   

1866  On this day in history death of john Kinder Labatt, Irish-Canadian brewer (Labatt Brewing Company) (b. 1803)   

1867  On this day in history john Fawcett, composer, dies at 77   

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1427  On October - 26 birth of archduke Sigismund of Austria (d. 1496)   

1466  On October - 26 birth of desiderius Erasmus, Holland, scholar/author (In Praise of Folly)   

1473  Friedrich of Saxony (d. 1510) was born on October - 26.   

1483  Hans Buchner, composer was born on October - 26.   

1491  On October - 26 birth of zhengde, Emperor of China (d. 1521)   

1609  William Sprague, English co-founder of Charlestown, Massachusetts (d. 1675) was born on this day in history.   

1645  Aert de Gelder, Dutch painter (King David) was born on this day in history.   

1673  Dimitrie Cantemir, Romanians historian/monarch of Moldova (1710-11) was born on October - 26.