Famous Deaths In July - 26

0796  On this day in history death of offa, king of Mercia (75.-796)   

0811  Nicephorus I, Byzantine Emperor (802-11), dies in battle on July - 26.   

1342  Charles I Robert van Anjou, King of Hungary (1307-42), dies on July - 26.   

1380  Death of Emperor Komyo of Japan (b. 1322) on this day in history.   

1471  On this day in history paul II, [Pietro Barbo], Italian Pope (1464-71), dies at 54   

1533  On this day in history atahualpo, Inca ruler, dies   

1541  Death of Francisco Pizarro, Spanish explorer, murdered in Lima on July - 26.   

1592  On this day in history death of armand de Gontaut, baron de Biron, French soldier (b. 1524)   

1611  On this day in history death of horio Yoshiharu, Japanese warlord (b. 1542)   

1630  Charles Emanuel I, the Great, Duke of Savoy (Peace of Lyon), dies on this day in history.   

1677  On this day in history michael Franck, composer, dies at 68   

1680  On July - 26 john Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester, poet/courtier, dies   

1684  Death of Elena Cornaro Piscopia, Italian mathematician (b. 1646) on July - 26.   

1712  Thomas Osborne, English PM (1690-94), dies at 80 on July - 26.   

1719  Johann Georg Christian Storl, composer, dies at 43 on this day in history.   

1723  Death of Robert Bertie, 1st Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven, English statesman (b. 1660) on July - 26.   

1728  John Friend, physician/politician, dies on July - 26.   

1770  On July - 26 michael Schevenstuhl, composer, dies at 65   

1801  Daniel Dal Barba, composer, dies at 86 on this day in history.   

1826  Freidrich Wilhelm Weis, composer, dies at 82 on July - 26.   

1836  On July - 26 jose Melchor Gomiz y Colomer, composer, dies at 45   

1863  On July - 26 samuel Houston, 1st Pres of Rep of Texas (1836-38, 41-44), dies at 70   

1867  Death of King Otto of Greece (b. 1815) on this day in history.   

1872  On July - 26 michele Carafa, composer, dies at 84   

1881  On July - 26 george Borrow, writer, dies   

1910  On this day in history philipus J Hoedemaker, theologist, dies at 71   

1915  James Murray, philologist, dies on July - 26.   

1916  On July - 26 gellio Benevenuto Coronaro, composer, dies at 52   

1918  On July - 26 eduard "Mick" Mannock, British WW I flyer (Victoria Cross), dies   

1919  Death of Sir Edward Poynter, British painter (b. 1836) on this day in history.   

1920  Carlos Troyer, composer, dies at 83 on this day in history.   

1925  On this day in history william Jennings Bryan, lawyer (Scopes-monkey trial), dies at 65   

1935  On this day in history death of winsor McCay, American cartoonist (b. 1871)   

1941  On this day in history benjamin Whorf, anthropologist, dies   

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1030  Stanislaus of Szczepanów, St. Stanislaw (d. 1079) was born on July - 26.   

1467  On this day in history birth of ferdinand II, King of Naples   

1678  On this day in history birth of joseph I Habsburg, German king/Roman catholic emperor (1705-11)   

1694  On July - 26 birth of johann Samuel Endler, composer   

1739  On July - 26 birth of george Clinton, NY, (D-R) 4th VP (1805-12)   

1782  John Field, Dublin Ireland, pianist/composer (Nocturnes) was born on July - 26.   

1791  On this day in history birth of franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart, 6th child of Austrian composer WAM   

1796  On July - 26 birth of george Catlin, US, author/painter (American Indian scenes)