Famous Deaths Happened In October - 26

0899  Alfred the Great, writer/king of Wessex (871-99), dies on October - 26.   

1132  On this day in history death of floris the Black, brother of earl Dirk VI of Holland, murdered   

1235  On October - 26 andres II Arpad, King of Hungary (1205-35), dies   

1440  On this day in history 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  On October - 26 philipp Nicolai, German Lutherian theologist/poet/composer, dies at 52   

1608  On October - 26 juan Pantoja de la Cruz, Spanish royal painter, dies   

1633  On October - 26 death of horio Tadaharu, Japanese warlord (b. 1596)   

1640  Pietro Tacca, Italian sculptor/architect, dies at 63 on October - 26.   

1658  Francisco de Borja y Aragon Esquilache, Spanish poet, dies on October - 26.   

1661  Johann B Schup, [Schuppius], German poet/historian/vicar, dies on this day in history.   

1671  Death of Sir John Gell, 1st Baronet, English politician (b. 1593) on October - 26.   

1675  Death of William Sprague, English co-founder of Charlestown, Massachusetts (b. 1609) on October - 26.   

1678  John Jenkins, composer, dies on October - 26.   

1679  Death of Roger Boyle, 1st Earl of Orrery, British soldier, statesman, and dramatist (b. 1621) on October - 26.   

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  On October - 26 death of catherine Sedley, English mistress of James II of England (b. 1657)   

1733  On October - 26 antonio Veracini, composer, dies at 74   

1749  On this day in history 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 October - 26.   

1764  Death of William Hogarth, British painter (b. 1697) on this day in history.   

1773  Death of Amédée-François Frézier, French military engineer and explorer (b. 1682) on October - 26.   

1803  Death of Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Marquess of Stafford, English politician (b. 1721) on this day in history.   

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

1817  Death of Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin, Austrian scientist (b. 1727) on October - 26.   

1823  Josef Preindl, composer, dies at 67 on October - 26.   

1848  Vissarion G Belinski, Russian literature critic, dies on this day in history.   

1858  Isac Baker Woodbury, composer, dies at 39 on this day in history.   

1864  Death of "Bloody Bill" Anderson, American Civil War rebel guerrilla leader (b. 1839) on this day in history.   

1866  Death of John Kinder Labatt, Irish-Canadian brewer (Labatt Brewing Company) (b. 1803) on this day in history.   

1867  John Fawcett, composer, dies at 77 on October - 26.   

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1427  On this day in history birth of archduke Sigismund of Austria (d. 1496)   

1466  Desiderius Erasmus, Holland, scholar/author (In Praise of Folly) was born on October - 26.   

1473  Friedrich of Saxony (d. 1510) was born on this day in history.   

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

1491  Zhengde, Emperor of China (d. 1521) was born on October - 26.   

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

1645  On this day in history birth of aert de Gelder, Dutch painter (King David)   

1673  Dimitrie Cantemir, Romanians historian/monarch of Moldova (1710-11) was born on this day in history.