Famous Deaths Happened In July - 26
Thursday, 18 September 2025
0796 On July - 26 death of offa, king of Mercia (75.-796)
0811 On July - 26 nicephorus I, Byzantine Emperor (802-11), dies in battle
1342 On July - 26 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 July - 26 paul II, [Pietro Barbo], Italian Pope (1464-71), dies at 54
1533 On this day in history 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 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 this day in history michael Franck, composer, dies at 68
1680 On this day in history john Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester, poet/courtier, dies
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 On this day in history johann Georg Christian Storl, composer, dies at 43
1723 On July - 26 death of robert Bertie, 1st Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven, English statesman (b. 1660)
1728 On July - 26 john Friend, physician/politician, dies
1770 Michael Schevenstuhl, composer, dies at 65 on July - 26.
1801 On this day in history daniel Dal Barba, composer, dies at 86
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 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 July - 26.
1872 On July - 26 michele Carafa, composer, dies at 84
1881 On July - 26 george Borrow, writer, dies
1910 On this day in history philipus J Hoedemaker, theologist, dies at 71
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 On this day in history 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 July - 26.
1935 Death of Winsor McCay, American cartoonist (b. 1871) on this day in history.
1941 On this day in history benjamin Whorf, anthropologist, dies
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