Famous Deaths In July - 26

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 this day in history.   

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 July - 26.   

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

1533  Atahualpo, Inca ruler, dies on July - 26.   

1541  Death of Francisco Pizarro, Spanish explorer, murdered in Lima on July - 26.   

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 this day in history.   

1677  On July - 26 michael Franck, composer, dies at 68   

1680  On this day in history john Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester, poet/courtier, dies   

1684  On this day in history death of elena Cornaro Piscopia, Italian mathematician (b. 1646)   

1712  On this day in history thomas Osborne, English PM (1690-94), dies at 80   

1719  On this day in history johann Georg Christian Storl, composer, dies at 43   

1723  On this day in history death of robert Bertie, 1st Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven, English statesman (b. 1660)   

1728  John Friend, physician/politician, dies on July - 26.   

1770  Michael Schevenstuhl, composer, dies at 65 on this day in history.   

1801  On this day in history daniel Dal Barba, composer, dies at 86   

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  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  Michele Carafa, composer, dies at 84 on this day in history.   

1881  George Borrow, writer, dies on this day in history.   

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

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

1916  On July - 26 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 this day in history death of sir Edward Poynter, British painter (b. 1836)   

1920  On July - 26 carlos Troyer, composer, dies at 83   

1925  On this day in history william Jennings Bryan, lawyer (Scopes-monkey trial), dies at 65   

1935  On July - 26 death of winsor McCay, American cartoonist (b. 1871)   

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 July - 26 birth of joseph I Habsburg, German king/Roman catholic emperor (1705-11)   

1694  Johann Samuel Endler, composer was born on this day in history.   

1739  George Clinton, NY, (D-R) 4th VP (1805-12) was born on this day in history.   

1782  John Field, Dublin Ireland, pianist/composer (Nocturnes) was born on this day in history.   

1791  Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart, 6th child of Austrian composer WAM was born on this day in history.   

1796  George Catlin, US, author/painter (American Indian scenes) was born on this day in history.