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 this day in history.  

1380  On this day in history death of emperor Komyo of Japan (b. 1322)  

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

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

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  

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

1680  John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester, poet/courtier, dies on July - 26.  

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

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

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

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

1801  Daniel Dal Barba, composer, dies at 86 on July - 26.  

1826  Freidrich Wilhelm Weis, composer, dies at 82 on this day in history.  

1836  Jose Melchor Gomiz y Colomer, composer, dies at 45 on this day in history.  

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

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

1872  On this day in history michele Carafa, composer, dies at 84  

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  On this day in history eduard "Mick" Mannock, British WW I flyer (Victoria Cross), dies  

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

1935  Death of Winsor McCay, American cartoonist (b. 1871) on this day in history.  

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

1694  Johann Samuel Endler, composer was born on July - 26.  

1739  On this day in history 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 this day in history birth of george Catlin, US, author/painter (American Indian scenes)