Famous Deaths Happened In July - 26

0796  On July - 26 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  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 July - 26.   

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

1592  On this day in history death of armand de Gontaut, baron de Biron, French soldier (b. 1524)   

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

1684  On July - 26 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  On July - 26 michael Schevenstuhl, composer, dies at 65   

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

1826  Freidrich Wilhelm Weis, composer, dies at 82 on this day in history.   

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  On July - 26 death of king Otto of Greece (b. 1815)   

1872  Michele Carafa, composer, dies at 84 on July - 26.   

1881  On July - 26 george Borrow, writer, dies   

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  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  On this day in history carlos Troyer, composer, dies at 83   

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 this day in history.   

1941  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1678  On July - 26 birth of joseph I Habsburg, German king/Roman catholic emperor (1705-11)   

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

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

1782  On this day in history birth of john Field, Dublin Ireland, pianist/composer (Nocturnes)   

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)