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

1380  Death of Emperor Komyo of Japan (b. 1322) on July - 26.   

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  Death of Francisco Pizarro, Spanish explorer, murdered in Lima on this day in history.   

1592  Death of Armand de Gontaut, baron de Biron, French soldier (b. 1524) on this day in history.   

1611  On this day in history death of horio Yoshiharu, Japanese warlord (b. 1542)   

1630  On this day in history charles Emanuel I, the Great, Duke of Savoy (Peace of Lyon), dies   

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  Death of Elena Cornaro Piscopia, Italian mathematician (b. 1646) on July - 26.   

1712  Thomas Osborne, English PM (1690-94), dies at 80 on this day in history.   

1719  On July - 26 johann Georg Christian Storl, composer, dies at 43   

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 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 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 this day in history.   

1867  Death of King Otto of Greece (b. 1815) on July - 26.   

1872  On July - 26 michele Carafa, composer, dies at 84   

1881  George Borrow, writer, dies on July - 26.   

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  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 July - 26.   

1920  On July - 26 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 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 this day in history.   

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

1796  George Catlin, US, author/painter (American Indian scenes) was born on this day in history.