Famous Deaths Happened In July - 26

0796  Death of Offa, king of Mercia (75.-796) on July - 26.   

0811  Nicephorus I, Byzantine Emperor (802-11), dies in battle on this day in history.   

1342  On July - 26 charles I Robert van Anjou, King of Hungary (1307-42), dies   

1380  On July - 26 death of emperor Komyo of Japan (b. 1322)   

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

1533  Atahualpo, Inca ruler, dies on July - 26.   

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

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

1611  Death of Horio Yoshiharu, Japanese warlord (b. 1542) on this day in history.   

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

1677  Michael Franck, composer, dies at 68 on this day in history.   

1680  On this day in history john Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester, poet/courtier, dies   

1684  On this day in history death of elena Cornaro Piscopia, Italian mathematician (b. 1646)   

1712  On July - 26 thomas Osborne, English PM (1690-94), dies at 80   

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 this day in history.   

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

1770  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1836  Jose Melchor Gomiz y Colomer, composer, dies at 45 on July - 26.   

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

1867  On this day in history death of king Otto of Greece (b. 1815)   

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

1881  On this day in history 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  Eduard "Mick" Mannock, British WW I flyer (Victoria Cross), dies on July - 26.   

1919  On July - 26 death of sir Edward Poynter, British painter (b. 1836)   

1920  On this day in history carlos Troyer, composer, dies at 83   

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

1935  On July - 26 death of winsor McCay, American cartoonist (b. 1871)   

1941  Benjamin Whorf, anthropologist, dies on July - 26.   

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1030  Stanislaus of Szczepanów, St. Stanislaw (d. 1079) was born on this day in history.   

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  Johann Samuel Endler, composer was born on July - 26.   

1739  George Clinton, NY, (D-R) 4th VP (1805-12) was born on July - 26.   

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)