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 this day in history.  

1342  Charles I Robert van Anjou, King of Hungary (1307-42), dies on July - 26.  

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 July - 26.  

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

1541  On July - 26 death of francisco Pizarro, Spanish explorer, murdered in Lima  

1592  Death of Armand de Gontaut, baron de Biron, French soldier (b. 1524) on July - 26.  

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  

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1677  On July - 26 michael Franck, composer, dies at 68  

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 July - 26.  

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 this day in history.  

1723  On this day in history death of robert Bertie, 1st Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven, English statesman (b. 1660)  

1728  On this day in history john Friend, physician/politician, dies  

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

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

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

1836  On this day in history 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  George Borrow, writer, dies on this day in history.  

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

1915  On this day in history james Murray, philologist, dies  

1916  On July - 26 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  Carlos Troyer, composer, dies at 83 on July - 26.  

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

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

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 this day in history.  

1678  Joseph I Habsburg, German king/Roman catholic emperor (1705-11) was born on this day in history.  

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

1739  On this day in history birth of george Clinton, NY, (D-R) 4th VP (1805-12)  

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

1791  Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart, 6th child of Austrian composer WAM was born on this day in history.  

1796  George Catlin, US, author/painter (American Indian scenes) was born on this day in history.