Famous Deaths In July - 26

0796  On July - 26 death of offa, king of Mercia (75.-796)  

0811  On July - 26 nicephorus I, Byzantine Emperor (802-11), dies in battle  

1342  Charles I Robert van Anjou, King of Hungary (1307-42), dies on this day in history.  

1380  Death of Emperor Komyo of Japan (b. 1322) on July - 26.  

1471  Paul II, [Pietro Barbo], Italian Pope (1464-71), dies at 54 on July - 26.  

1533  On July - 26 atahualpo, Inca ruler, dies  

1541  On this day in history death of francisco Pizarro, Spanish explorer, murdered in Lima  

1592  Death of Armand de Gontaut, baron de Biron, French soldier (b. 1524) on this day in history.  

1611  Death of Horio Yoshiharu, Japanese warlord (b. 1542) on July - 26.  

1630  On July - 26 charles Emanuel I, the Great, Duke of Savoy (Peace of Lyon), dies  

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1677  Michael Franck, composer, dies at 68 on July - 26.  

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 this day in history.  

1719  On this day in history johann Georg Christian Storl, composer, dies at 43  

1723  On this day in history death of robert Bertie, 1st Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven, English statesman (b. 1660)  

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

1770  Michael Schevenstuhl, composer, dies at 65 on July - 26.  

1801  On this day in history daniel Dal Barba, composer, dies at 86  

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  Samuel Houston, 1st Pres of Rep of Texas (1836-38, 41-44), dies at 70 on July - 26.  

1867  On July - 26 death of king Otto of Greece (b. 1815)  

1872  Michele Carafa, composer, dies at 84 on July - 26.  

1881  George Borrow, writer, dies on this day in history.  

1910  On July - 26 philipus J Hoedemaker, theologist, dies at 71  

1915  On this day in history james Murray, philologist, dies  

1916  On this day in history gellio Benevenuto Coronaro, composer, dies at 52  

1918  Eduard "Mick" Mannock, British WW I flyer (Victoria Cross), dies on this day in history.  

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

1920  Carlos Troyer, composer, dies at 83 on July - 26.  

1925  William Jennings Bryan, lawyer (Scopes-monkey trial), dies at 65 on July - 26.  

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  On July - 26 birth of stanislaus of Szczepanów, St. Stanislaw (d. 1079)  

1467  Ferdinand II, King of Naples was born on July - 26.  

1678  Joseph I Habsburg, German king/Roman catholic emperor (1705-11) was born on July - 26.  

1694  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

1791  Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart, 6th child of Austrian composer WAM was born on July - 26.  

1796  On this day in history birth of george Catlin, US, author/painter (American Indian scenes)