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 July - 26.  

1380  On this day in history death of emperor Komyo of Japan (b. 1322)  

1471  Paul II, [Pietro Barbo], Italian Pope (1464-71), dies at 54 on July - 26.  

1533  On this day in history atahualpo, Inca ruler, dies  

1541  Death of Francisco Pizarro, Spanish explorer, murdered in Lima on this day in history.  

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

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 this day in history.  

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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  Death of Elena Cornaro Piscopia, Italian mathematician (b. 1646) on July - 26.  

1712  On July - 26 thomas Osborne, English PM (1690-94), dies at 80  

1719  Johann Georg Christian Storl, composer, dies at 43 on this day in history.  

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 this day in history michael Schevenstuhl, composer, dies at 65  

1801  On July - 26 daniel Dal Barba, composer, dies at 86  

1826  On this day in history freidrich Wilhelm Weis, composer, dies at 82  

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  On this day in history death of king Otto of Greece (b. 1815)  

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

1881  George Borrow, writer, dies on July - 26.  

1910  Philipus J Hoedemaker, theologist, dies at 71 on this day in history.  

1915  James Murray, philologist, dies on July - 26.  

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

1918  On this day in history eduard "Mick" Mannock, British WW I flyer (Victoria Cross), dies  

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

1920  Carlos Troyer, composer, dies at 83 on this day in history.  

1925  On July - 26 william Jennings Bryan, lawyer (Scopes-monkey trial), dies at 65  

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

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 this day in history birth of ferdinand II, King of Naples  

1678  Joseph I Habsburg, German king/Roman catholic emperor (1705-11) was born on July - 26.  

1694  Johann Samuel Endler, composer was born on July - 26.  

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 this day in history.  

1791  On this day in history birth of franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart, 6th child of Austrian composer WAM  

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