Famous Deaths Happened In October - 26

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

1132  Death of Floris the Black, brother of earl Dirk VI of Holland, murdered on this day in history.   

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

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

1576  Frederick II the Vrome, ruler of Palts, dies on October - 26.   

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

1608  On this day in history juan Pantoja de la Cruz, Spanish royal painter, dies   

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

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 October - 26 johann B Schup, [Schuppius], German poet/historian/vicar, dies   

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

1675  On October - 26 death of william Sprague, English co-founder of Charlestown, Massachusetts (b. 1609)   

1678  On October - 26 john Jenkins, composer, dies   

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

1686  On October - 26 death of john Egerton, 2nd Earl of Bridgewater, English politician (b. 1623)   

1693  Coenraad van Beuningen, mayor of Amsterdam/diplomat, dies at 71 on this day in history.   

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

1717  On this day in history death of catherine Sedley, English mistress of James II of England (b. 1657)   

1733  Antonio Veracini, composer, dies at 74 on this day in history.   

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

1751  On October - 26 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  On October - 26 death of granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Marquess of Stafford, English politician (b. 1721)   

1806  Death of John Graves Simcoe, first lieutenant-governor of Upper Canada (b. 1752) on October - 26.   

1817  On this day in history death of nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin, Austrian scientist (b. 1727)   

1823  On this day in history josef Preindl, composer, dies at 67   

1848  Vissarion G Belinski, Russian literature critic, dies on October - 26.   

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  On October - 26 john Fawcett, composer, dies at 77   

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1427  Archduke Sigismund of Austria (d. 1496) was born on October - 26.   

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

1473  On this day in history birth of friedrich of Saxony (d. 1510)   

1483  On October - 26 birth of hans Buchner, composer   

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

1609  On this day in history birth of william Sprague, English co-founder of Charlestown, Massachusetts (d. 1675)   

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

1673  On this day in history birth of dimitrie Cantemir, Romanians historian/monarch of Moldova (1710-11)