Famous Deaths Happened In July - 26

0796  Death of Offa, king of Mercia (75.-796) on July - 26.   

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

1342  On July - 26 charles I Robert van Anjou, King of Hungary (1307-42), dies   

1380  On this day in history death of emperor Komyo of Japan (b. 1322)   

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

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

1677  On this day in history michael Franck, composer, dies at 68   

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

1684  On July - 26 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 July - 26.   

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 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  On this day in history freidrich Wilhelm Weis, composer, dies at 82   

1836  On this day in history 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 July - 26.   

1867  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1910  On this day in history philipus J Hoedemaker, theologist, dies at 71   

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 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 this day in history.   

1920  On this day in history carlos Troyer, composer, dies at 83   

1925  William Jennings Bryan, lawyer (Scopes-monkey trial), dies at 65 on this day in history.   

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  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 July - 26.   

1694  Johann Samuel Endler, composer was born on this day in history.   

1739  On this day in history birth of george Clinton, NY, (D-R) 4th VP (1805-12)   

1782  John Field, Dublin Ireland, pianist/composer (Nocturnes) was born on this day in history.   

1791  Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart, 6th child of Austrian composer WAM was born on July - 26.   

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