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 this day in history.   

1342  Charles I Robert van Anjou, King of Hungary (1307-42), dies on this day in history.   

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 this day in history death of francisco Pizarro, Spanish explorer, murdered in Lima   

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

1611  On July - 26 death of horio Yoshiharu, Japanese warlord (b. 1542)   

1630  Charles Emanuel I, the Great, Duke of Savoy (Peace of Lyon), dies on July - 26.   

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

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

1684  On July - 26 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  Johann Georg Christian Storl, composer, dies at 43 on July - 26.   

1723  On July - 26 death of robert Bertie, 1st Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven, English statesman (b. 1660)   

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 this day in history.   

1826  Freidrich Wilhelm Weis, composer, dies at 82 on July - 26.   

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 July - 26.   

1867  Death of King Otto of Greece (b. 1815) on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1915  On July - 26 james Murray, philologist, dies   

1916  On July - 26 gellio Benevenuto Coronaro, composer, dies at 52   

1918  On July - 26 eduard "Mick" Mannock, British WW I flyer (Victoria Cross), dies   

1919  Death of Sir Edward Poynter, British painter (b. 1836) on July - 26.   

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

1941  Benjamin Whorf, anthropologist, dies on this day in history.   

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1030  Stanislaus of Szczepanów, St. Stanislaw (d. 1079) was born on this day in history.   

1467  On July - 26 birth of ferdinand II, King of Naples   

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

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 July - 26.   

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 this day in history.