Famous Deaths Happened In July - 26
Wednesday, 09 July 2025
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 July - 26.
1471 Paul II, [Pietro Barbo], Italian Pope (1464-71), dies at 54 on this day in history.
1533 On July - 26 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 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
1677 Michael Franck, composer, dies at 68 on July - 26.
1680 John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester, poet/courtier, dies on July - 26.
1684 On this day in history death of elena Cornaro Piscopia, Italian mathematician (b. 1646)
1712 Thomas Osborne, English PM (1690-94), dies at 80 on July - 26.
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 this day in history.
1728 On July - 26 john Friend, physician/politician, dies
1770 On this day in history michael Schevenstuhl, composer, dies at 65
1801 Daniel Dal Barba, composer, dies at 86 on this day in history.
1826 On this day in history freidrich Wilhelm Weis, composer, dies at 82
1836 On this day in history jose Melchor Gomiz y Colomer, composer, dies at 45
1863 On this day in history 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 July - 26 george Borrow, writer, dies
1910 On July - 26 philipus J Hoedemaker, theologist, dies at 71
1915 James Murray, philologist, dies on this day in history.
1916 On this day in history gellio Benevenuto Coronaro, composer, dies at 52
1918 On this day in history eduard "Mick" Mannock, British WW I flyer (Victoria Cross), dies
1919 On July - 26 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 this day in history.
1935 On this day in history death of winsor McCay, American cartoonist (b. 1871)
1941 Benjamin Whorf, anthropologist, dies on July - 26.
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