Famous Deaths Happened In July - 26

0796  Death of Offa, king of Mercia (75.-796) on this day in history.   

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

1471  On this day in history paul II, [Pietro Barbo], Italian Pope (1464-71), dies at 54   

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

1541  On this day in history death of francisco Pizarro, Spanish explorer, murdered in Lima   

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  Michael Franck, composer, dies at 68 on this day in history.   

1680  John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester, poet/courtier, dies on this day in history.   

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

1723  On July - 26 death of robert Bertie, 1st Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven, English statesman (b. 1660)   

1728  On this day in history john Friend, physician/politician, dies   

1770  On this day in history michael Schevenstuhl, composer, dies at 65   

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

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

1836  On July - 26 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 this day in history.   

1867  On July - 26 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 this day in history.   

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  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  On this day in history death of winsor McCay, American cartoonist (b. 1871)   

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 July - 26.   

1467  On this day in history 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  On July - 26 birth of george Clinton, NY, (D-R) 4th VP (1805-12)   

1782  John Field, Dublin Ireland, pianist/composer (Nocturnes) was born on July - 26.   

1791  On July - 26 birth of franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart, 6th child of Austrian composer WAM   

1796  On this day in history birth of george Catlin, US, author/painter (American Indian scenes)