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 this day in history 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 July - 26.   

1533  On July - 26 atahualpo, Inca ruler, dies   

1541  On July - 26 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  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  On this day in history michael Franck, composer, dies at 68   

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 this day in history.   

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  Death of Robert Bertie, 1st Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven, English statesman (b. 1660) on this day in history.   

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

1770  Michael Schevenstuhl, composer, dies at 65 on this day in history.   

1801  Daniel Dal Barba, composer, dies at 86 on this day in history.   

1826  On July - 26 freidrich Wilhelm Weis, composer, dies at 82   

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

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

1867  Death of King Otto of Greece (b. 1815) on this day in history.   

1872  On this day in history michele Carafa, composer, dies at 84   

1881  George Borrow, writer, dies on this day in history.   

1910  On July - 26 philipus J Hoedemaker, theologist, dies at 71   

1915  On this day in history james Murray, philologist, dies   

1916  On July - 26 gellio Benevenuto Coronaro, composer, dies at 52   

1918  Eduard "Mick" Mannock, British WW I flyer (Victoria Cross), dies on July - 26.   

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 July - 26 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  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 July - 26.   

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 July - 26.   

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

1791  Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart, 6th child of Austrian composer WAM was born on this day in history.   

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