Historical Events In July - 26

1758  On July - 26 british battle fleet under gen James Wolfe conquerors Louisbourg   

1759  On this day in history french troops vacate Ticonderoga NY   

1760  Austrian troops occupy Fort Glatz Silezie on July - 26.   

1770  On July - 26 michael Schevenstuhl, composer, dies at 65   

1775  On July - 26 the Post Office is esablished by the Continental Congress with Ben Franklin as postmaster general.   

1775  United States Post Office (U.S.P.O.) created in Philadelphia under Benjamin Franklin on July - 26.   

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

1788  On this day in history new York becomes 11th state to ratify constitution   

1788  New York ratifies the U.S. Constitution on this day in history.   

1788  NY becomes 11th state to ratify constitution on this day in history.   

1790  On July - 26 uS passes Assumption bill making US responsible for state debts   

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

1796  On July - 26 george Catlin, US, author/painter (American Indian scenes)   

1799  On this day in history isaac Babbitt, invented babbitt's metal for bearings   

1801  John Drake Sloat, Ret Major General Comm (Union Navy), died in 1867 on July - 26.   

1801  On July - 26 daniel Dal Barba, composer, dies at 86   

1802  On July - 26 winthrop Mackworth Praed, London, poet/politician   

1803  The Surrey Iron Railway, arguably the world's first public railway, opens in south London on this day in history.   

1805  On July - 26 naples/Calabria struck by Earthquake; about 26,000 die   

1805  Constantine Brumidi, artist (Myrtle Murdock) on this day in history.   

1812  On this day in history frigate Essex captures British brig Leander   

1820  On this day in history john Marshall Jones, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1864   

1822  On July - 26 secret meeting of Simon Bolivar & Jose de San Martin   

1826  Vilnus Lithuanian riots cause death of many Jews on this day in history.   

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

1829  August Beernaert, Belgian premier (1884-94) (Nobel-1909) on July - 26.   

1832  On this day in history hMS Beagle anchors in Montevideo   

1835  On July - 26 the first sugar cane plantation started in Hawaii   

1835  1st sugar cane plantation started in Hawaii on July - 26.   

1836  On this day in history jose Melchor Gomiz y Colomer, composer, dies at 45   

1842  On this day in history alfred Marshall, London, economist   

1847  On July - 26 liberia declares independence from American Colonization Society   

1847  On July - 26 liberia, setled in Africa by freed U.S. slaves, becomes the first African colony to become an independent state.   

1848  The first Woman's Rights Convention (Senecca Falls NY) on July - 26.   

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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 July - 26.   

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 this day in history.   

1796  On July - 26 birth of george Catlin, US, author/painter (American Indian scenes)   

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

1380  Death of Emperor Komyo of Japan (b. 1322) on this day in history.   

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

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