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 this day in history charles I Robert van Anjou, King of Hungary (1307-42), dies   

1380  On July - 26 death of emperor Komyo of Japan (b. 1322)   

1471  On July - 26 paul II, [Pietro Barbo], Italian Pope (1464-71), dies at 54   

1533  On this day in history 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  Charles Emanuel I, the Great, Duke of Savoy (Peace of Lyon), dies on July - 26.   

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

1680  John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester, poet/courtier, dies on July - 26.   

1684  Death of Elena Cornaro Piscopia, Italian mathematician (b. 1646) on July - 26.   

1712  Thomas Osborne, English PM (1690-94), dies at 80 on July - 26.   

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 July - 26.   

1728  On July - 26 john Friend, physician/politician, dies   

1770  On this day in history michael Schevenstuhl, composer, dies at 65   

1801  Daniel Dal Barba, composer, dies at 86 on July - 26.   

1826  Freidrich Wilhelm Weis, composer, dies at 82 on July - 26.   

1836  On July - 26 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  Death of King Otto of Greece (b. 1815) on this day in history.   

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

1881  On July - 26 george Borrow, writer, dies   

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

1915  James Murray, philologist, dies on this day in history.   

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  Death of Sir Edward Poynter, British painter (b. 1836) on this day in history.   

1920  Carlos Troyer, composer, dies at 83 on July - 26.   

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

1935  On this day in history death of winsor McCay, American cartoonist (b. 1871)   

1941  On July - 26 benjamin Whorf, anthropologist, dies   

« Previous Page | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Next Page »

1	2	3	4	5	6	7
8	9	10	11	12	13	14
15	16	17	18	19	20	21
22	23	24	25	26	27	28
29	30	31

1030  On July - 26 birth of stanislaus of Szczepanów, St. Stanislaw (d. 1079)   

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 July - 26 birth of george Clinton, NY, (D-R) 4th VP (1805-12)   

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