Famous Deaths In July - 26

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

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  Atahualpo, Inca ruler, dies on July - 26.  

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 July - 26.  

1630  On this day in history charles Emanuel I, the Great, Duke of Savoy (Peace of Lyon), dies  

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1677  Michael Franck, composer, dies at 68 on this day in history.  

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 July - 26 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  John Friend, physician/politician, dies on this day in history.  

1770  On July - 26 michael Schevenstuhl, composer, dies at 65  

1801  Daniel Dal Barba, composer, dies at 86 on this day in history.  

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

1836  Jose Melchor Gomiz y Colomer, composer, dies at 45 on July - 26.  

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

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

1910  On July - 26 philipus J Hoedemaker, theologist, dies at 71  

1915  On July - 26 james Murray, philologist, dies  

1916  Gellio Benevenuto Coronaro, composer, dies at 52 on July - 26.  

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  On this day in history william Jennings Bryan, lawyer (Scopes-monkey trial), dies at 65  

1935  Death of Winsor McCay, American cartoonist (b. 1871) on July - 26.  

1941  On July - 26 benjamin Whorf, anthropologist, dies  

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1030  Stanislaus of Szczepanów, St. Stanislaw (d. 1079) was born on July - 26.  

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

1678  On this day in history birth of joseph I Habsburg, German king/Roman catholic emperor (1705-11)  

1694  On this day in history birth of johann Samuel Endler, composer  

1739  On this day in history 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  Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart, 6th child of Austrian composer WAM was born on this day in history.  

1796  On July - 26 birth of george Catlin, US, author/painter (American Indian scenes)