Famous Deaths In July - 26

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

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

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

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

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

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  Charles Emanuel I, the Great, Duke of Savoy (Peace of Lyon), dies on July - 26.  

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

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  Thomas Osborne, English PM (1690-94), dies at 80 on this day in history.  

1719  On July - 26 johann Georg Christian Storl, composer, dies at 43  

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 this day in history.  

1770  Michael Schevenstuhl, composer, dies at 65 on this day in history.  

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

1826  On July - 26 freidrich Wilhelm Weis, composer, dies at 82  

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

1863  Samuel Houston, 1st Pres of Rep of Texas (1836-38, 41-44), dies at 70 on this day in history.  

1867  On this day in history 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  On this day in history james Murray, philologist, dies  

1916  On this day in history 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 this day in history death of sir Edward Poynter, British painter (b. 1836)  

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

1925  On July - 26 william Jennings Bryan, lawyer (Scopes-monkey trial), dies at 65  

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

1941  On July - 26 benjamin Whorf, anthropologist, dies  

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

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 this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

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

1796  George Catlin, US, author/painter (American Indian scenes) was born on July - 26.