Famous Deaths Happened 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  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 this day in history.   

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

1533  On July - 26 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 this day in history.   

1611  Death of Horio Yoshiharu, Japanese warlord (b. 1542) on July - 26.   

1630  On July - 26 charles Emanuel I, the Great, Duke of Savoy (Peace of Lyon), dies   

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

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 this day in history.   

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

1836  Jose Melchor Gomiz y Colomer, composer, dies at 45 on July - 26.   

1863  Samuel Houston, 1st Pres of Rep of Texas (1836-38, 41-44), dies at 70 on July - 26.   

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 July - 26.   

1915  James Murray, philologist, dies on July - 26.   

1916  Gellio Benevenuto Coronaro, composer, dies at 52 on July - 26.   

1918  On July - 26 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  Carlos Troyer, composer, dies at 83 on this day in history.   

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  Stanislaus of Szczepanów, St. Stanislaw (d. 1079) was born on July - 26.   

1467  On July - 26 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 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  George Catlin, US, author/painter (American Indian scenes) was born on July - 26.