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 this day in history.   

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  Death of Francisco Pizarro, Spanish explorer, murdered in Lima on July - 26.   

1592  On July - 26 death of armand de Gontaut, baron de Biron, French soldier (b. 1524)   

1611  On this day in history death of horio Yoshiharu, Japanese warlord (b. 1542)   

1630  On this day in history charles Emanuel I, the Great, Duke of Savoy (Peace of Lyon), dies   

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  Death of Elena Cornaro Piscopia, Italian mathematician (b. 1646) on this day in history.   

1712  Thomas Osborne, English PM (1690-94), dies at 80 on this day in history.   

1719  Johann Georg Christian Storl, composer, dies at 43 on July - 26.   

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

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

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

1836  On July - 26 jose Melchor Gomiz y Colomer, composer, dies at 45   

1863  On July - 26 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 this day in history george Borrow, writer, dies   

1910  Philipus J Hoedemaker, theologist, dies at 71 on July - 26.   

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 July - 26.   

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

1941  On this day in history benjamin Whorf, anthropologist, dies   

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

1467  On this day in history birth of ferdinand II, King of Naples   

1678  On this day in history birth of joseph I Habsburg, German king/Roman catholic emperor (1705-11)   

1694  On July - 26 birth of johann Samuel Endler, composer   

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

1782  On this day in history birth of john Field, Dublin Ireland, pianist/composer (Nocturnes)   

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 this day in history.