Famous Deaths Happened In July - 26

0796  On this day in history death of offa, king of Mercia (75.-796)   

0811  On this day in history nicephorus I, Byzantine Emperor (802-11), dies in battle   

1342  Charles I Robert van Anjou, King of Hungary (1307-42), dies on this day in history.   

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  Atahualpo, Inca ruler, dies on July - 26.   

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

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  Michael Franck, composer, dies at 68 on July - 26.   

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 July - 26.   

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

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 July - 26.   

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

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

1836  Jose Melchor Gomiz y Colomer, composer, dies at 45 on this day in history.   

1863  On July - 26 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  Michele Carafa, composer, dies at 84 on July - 26.   

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

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

1915  On this day in history james Murray, philologist, dies   

1916  On this day in history gellio Benevenuto Coronaro, composer, dies at 52   

1918  On July - 26 eduard "Mick" Mannock, British WW I flyer (Victoria Cross), dies   

1919  On July - 26 death of sir Edward Poynter, British painter (b. 1836)   

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

1941  Benjamin Whorf, anthropologist, dies on this day in history.   

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1030  On this day in history birth of stanislaus of Szczepanów, St. Stanislaw (d. 1079)   

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 this day in history.   

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 July - 26.   

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 July - 26.   

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