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

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  Atahualpo, Inca ruler, dies on this day in history.  

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 July - 26.  

1611  Death of Horio Yoshiharu, Japanese warlord (b. 1542) on this day in history.  

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

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

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

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  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 July - 26.  

1728  On July - 26 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 this day in history.  

1826  Freidrich Wilhelm Weis, composer, dies at 82 on this day in history.  

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

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

1867  Death of King Otto of Greece (b. 1815) on July - 26.  

1872  On this day in history michele Carafa, composer, dies at 84  

1881  On July - 26 george Borrow, writer, dies  

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

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

1916  Gellio Benevenuto Coronaro, composer, dies at 52 on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

1920  On this day in history carlos Troyer, composer, dies at 83  

1925  William Jennings Bryan, lawyer (Scopes-monkey trial), dies at 65 on July - 26.  

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

1941  On July - 26 benjamin Whorf, anthropologist, dies  

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1030  On this day in history birth of stanislaus of Szczepanów, St. Stanislaw (d. 1079)  

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 July - 26.  

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  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.