Famous Deaths Happened In September - 26

1023  On September - 26 godfried I, duke of Neth-Lutherans, dies   

1342  On this day in history john I, ruler of Poland, dies   

1345  On this day in history willem IV, earl of Henegouwen/Holland/Zealand, dies at about 27   

1371  On this day in history vlkasin, Hungarian general/co-king of Serbia, dies   

1417  On September - 26 death of francesco Zabarella, Italian jurist (b. 1360)   

1468  On September - 26 death of juan de Torquemada, Spanish Catholic cardinal (b. 1388)   

1614  On this day in history felice Anerio, Italian composer (pontifical royal chapel), dies   

1620  Death of Taichang Emperor of China (b. 1582) on September - 26.   

1626  Lancelot Andrewes, English theologist/bishop of Winchester, dies at 71 on September - 26.   

1657  Hadji Chalfa/Katib Tsjelebi, Turkish geographer, dies at 48 on this day in history.   

1716  Death of Antoine Parent, French mathematician (b. 1666) on September - 26.   

1763  Death of John Byron, English poet (b. 1692) on September - 26.   

1764  On this day in history death of benito Jerónimo Feijóo y Montenegro, Spanish scholar (b. 1767)   

1788  Francois Bainville, composer, dies at 63 on this day in history.   

1802  On this day in history death of baron Jurij Vega, Slovenian mathematician and military officer (b. 1754)   

1808  On this day in history pavel Vranicky, composer, dies at 51   

1820  Daniel Boone, frontiersman, dies in Missouri at 85 on September - 26.   

1866  On September - 26 carl Almqvist, Swedish author (Amorina), dies at 72   

1868  On this day in history death of august Ferdinand Möbius, German mathematician and astronomer (b. 1790)   

1871  On September - 26 philip Cipriani Hambly Potter, composer, dies at 78   

1877  Death of Hermann Grassmann, German mathematician and physicist (b. 1809) on September - 26.   

1902  On September - 26 death of levi Strauss, American clothing manufacturer (b. 1829)   

1904  Lafcadio Hearn, author (Soul of the Great Ball), dies at 54 on this day in history.   

1917  On September - 26 edgar H G Degas, French painter (ballerina), dies   

1935  On September - 26 andy Adams, US writer (Cattle fire), dies at 76   

1936  Harriet Monroe, US poet (Poet's Life), dies at 75 on this day in history.   

1937  On September - 26 bessie Smith, singer, dies of injuries sustained in car crash at 43   

1940  On this day in history walter Benjamin, writer, dies at 48   

1944  On September - 26 ernst Isler, composer, dies at 64   

1945  On this day in history béla V J Bartok, Hungarian pianist/composer dies at 64   

1947  Hugh Lofting, writer (Gub Gub Book), dies at 61 on this day in history.   

1951  Death of Hans Cloos, German geologist (b. 1885) on this day in history.   

1952  On this day in history george Santayana, US philosopher/poet (Last Puritan), dies at 88   

1953  Death of Xu Beihong, Chinese painter (b. 1895) on this day in history.   

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1181  Saint Francis of Assisi, Italian founder of the Franciscan Order (d. 1226) was born on September - 26.   

1329  Anna of Bavaria, Queen of the Romans (d. 1353) was born on this day in history.   

1406  On this day in history birth of thomas de Ros, 9th Baron de Ros, English soldier and politician (d. 1430)   

1688  On this day in history birth of willem J 's-Gravesande, Dutch physicist   

1711  Richard Grenville-Temple, 2nd Earl Temple, English politician (d. 1779) was born on September - 26.   

1729  On this day in history birth of moses Mendelssohn, philosopher/critic/Bible translator   

1750  Cuthbert Collingwood, 1st Baron Collingwood, British admiral (d. 1810) was born on this day in history.   

1758  On this day in history birth of cosme Argerich, Argentine physician, founder of the Medicine School of Buenos Aires.