Famous Deaths Happened In July - 26

0796  On July - 26 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  On July - 26 death of emperor Komyo of Japan (b. 1322)   

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

1533  Atahualpo, Inca ruler, dies on this day in history.   

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 July - 26.   

1630  Charles Emanuel I, the Great, Duke of Savoy (Peace of Lyon), dies on July - 26.   

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

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  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  Death of Robert Bertie, 1st Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven, English statesman (b. 1660) on July - 26.   

1728  John Friend, physician/politician, dies on this day in history.   

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

1801  Daniel Dal Barba, composer, dies at 86 on July - 26.   

1826  Freidrich Wilhelm Weis, composer, dies at 82 on July - 26.   

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  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  Philipus J Hoedemaker, theologist, dies at 71 on July - 26.   

1915  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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  On July - 26 benjamin Whorf, anthropologist, dies   

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

1467  Ferdinand II, King of Naples was born on July - 26.   

1678  Joseph I Habsburg, German king/Roman catholic emperor (1705-11) was born on this day in history.   

1694  On July - 26 birth of johann Samuel Endler, composer   

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 this day in history.   

1791  On July - 26 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)