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

1471  Paul II, [Pietro Barbo], Italian Pope (1464-71), dies at 54 on July - 26.   

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

1541  On July - 26 death of francisco Pizarro, Spanish explorer, murdered in Lima   

1592  On July - 26 death of armand de Gontaut, baron de Biron, French soldier (b. 1524)   

1611  On this day in history 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  Michael Franck, composer, dies at 68 on this day in history.   

1680  On July - 26 john Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester, poet/courtier, dies   

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  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  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  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  On this day in history 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 July - 26.   

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

1881  On this day in history george Borrow, writer, dies   

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

1915  On July - 26 james Murray, philologist, dies   

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

1918  Eduard "Mick" Mannock, British WW I flyer (Victoria Cross), dies on this day in history.   

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  William Jennings Bryan, lawyer (Scopes-monkey trial), dies at 65 on July - 26.   

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  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 July - 26 birth of john Field, Dublin Ireland, pianist/composer (Nocturnes)   

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

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