Historical Events In July - 26

1848  On July - 26 1st Woman's Rights Convention (Senecca Falls NY)   

1856  The birth of George Bernard Shaw, Irish playwright on this day in history.   

1856  George Bernard Shaw, Dublin Ire, dramatist (Pygmalion-Nobel 1925) on this day in history.   

1858  Baron Lionel de Rothschild is 1st Jew elected to British Parliament on July - 26.   

1858  Tommy Garrett, cricketer (original Australian Test player) on July - 26.   

1860  Philippe J Bunau-Varilla, French engineer (Colombia-Panama) on this day in history.   

1863  At Salineville, OH John Hunt Morgan & 364 troops surrender on July - 26.   

1863  On this day in history battle of Salineville OH, John Hunt Morgan & 364 troops surrender   

1863  Jazeps Witols, composer on July - 26.   

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

1864  -31] Riot at McCook's to Lovejoy Station GA, US600 CS--- on July - 26.   

1865  Patrick Francis Healy is first black awarded PhD (Louvain Belgium) on July - 26.   

1865  On July - 26 patrick Francis Healy is 1st black awarded PhD (Louvain Belgium)   

1865  On July - 26 philipp Scheidemann, German Parliament (SPD)/mayor of Kassel   

1866  Canoe Club opens in England on July - 26.   

1866  On July - 26 francesco Cilea, composer   

1872  On this day in history george Louis Beer, historian (authority on British colonies)   

1872  Michele Carafa, composer, dies at 84 on July - 26.   

1874  On this day in history serge Koussevitzky, Vishny-Volotchok, Russia conductor (Boston Symp)   

1875  Carl Gustav Jung, Switzerland, doctor (founded analytic psychology) on this day in history.   

1876  On July - 26 ernest Schelling, Belvidere NJ, composer/conductor (Victory Ball)   

1877  On this day in history hubert Ahaus, missionary (Harvest Fields)   

1878  In California, the poet and American West outlaw calling himself "Black Bart" makes his last clean getaway when he steals a safe box from a Wells Fargo stagecoach. The empty box will be found later with a taunting poem inside on July - 26.   

1881  On July - 26 french marines occupy Tunisian harbor city Sfax   

1881  On July - 26 alexander J Kropholler, architect   

1881  On July - 26 george Borrow, writer, dies   

1882  Richard Wagner's opera "Parsifal," premieres in Beirut on July - 26.   

1885  On this day in history andre Maurois, Elbeuf, France, novelist/biographer   

1887  The first Esperanto book published on July - 26.   

1887  1st Esperanto book published on July - 26.   

1888  M Jouhandeau, writer on July - 26.   

1891  On July - 26 henry James' "American," premieres in London   

1891  Jacques Pirenne, Belgian historian on July - 26.   

1892  On July - 26 philipp Jarnach, composer   

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1030  Stanislaus of Szczepanów, St. Stanislaw (d. 1079) was born on this day in history.   

1467  Ferdinand II, King of Naples was born on this day in history.   

1678  On July - 26 birth of joseph I Habsburg, German king/Roman catholic emperor (1705-11)   

1694  On this day in history birth of johann Samuel Endler, composer   

1739  George Clinton, NY, (D-R) 4th VP (1805-12) was born on July - 26.   

1782  On this day in history birth of john Field, Dublin Ireland, pianist/composer (Nocturnes)   

1791  On July - 26 birth of franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart, 6th child of Austrian composer WAM   

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

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  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 this day in history atahualpo, Inca ruler, dies   

1541  On this day in history 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)