9 notable people died on June 26, including Karl Landsteiner, Yekuno Amlak, Elizabeth of Schönau.
20th Century
1 death
Karl Landsteiner
scientist
Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1930)
19th Century
3 deaths
Joseph-Michel Montgolfier
industrialistinventor
French inventor, older of the 18th-century Montgolfier brothers
Draga Dejanović
journalistpoet
Socially-cultural activist, teacher, actress, writer and publicist
Tobias Barreto
juristliterary critic
Brazilian poet, philosopher, jurist and critic
18th Century
3 deaths
Pierre-Jacques Willermoz
chemistencyclopédistes
French chemist
John Montresor
cartographerengineer
British military engineer and cartographer
David Rittenhouse
astronomergeodesist
American astronomer (*1732 – †1796)
13th Century
1 death
Yekuno Amlak
monarch
Emperor of Ethiopia from 1270 to 1285; the founder of Solomonic dynasty
12th Century
1 death
Elizabeth of Schönau
abbesswriter
German Benedictine visionary
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