Famous Deaths Happened 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  On this day in history charles I Robert van Anjou, King of Hungary (1307-42), dies   

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 this day in history.   

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   

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

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

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 July - 26.   

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  On July - 26 john Friend, physician/politician, dies   

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  On this day in history freidrich Wilhelm Weis, composer, dies at 82   

1836  On this day in history jose Melchor Gomiz y Colomer, composer, dies at 45   

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

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

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

1881  On July - 26 george Borrow, writer, dies   

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

1915  James Murray, philologist, dies on this day in history.   

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

1920  On July - 26 carlos Troyer, composer, dies at 83   

1925  William Jennings Bryan, lawyer (Scopes-monkey trial), dies at 65 on this day in history.   

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

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

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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 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  On July - 26 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.