Events & Holidays In July - 26

Anniversary of the Moncada Barracks Attack Day (Cuba)

Day of Iansa (Brazil)

Gran'Dlai et Gran'Aloumandia (Sainte Anne) (Haiti)

Independence Day (Liberia Maldives)

1030  On this day in history birth of stanislaus of Szczepanów, St. Stanislaw (d. 1079)  

1467  On this day in history 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  On this day in history birth of johann Samuel Endler, composer  

1739  George Clinton, NY, (D-R) 4th VP (1805-12) was born on this day in history.  

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

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)  

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 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 this day in history.  

1533  Atahualpo, Inca ruler, dies on this day in history.  

1541  Death of Francisco Pizarro, Spanish explorer, murdered in Lima on this day in history.  

1592  Death of Armand de Gontaut, baron de Biron, French soldier (b. 1524) on this day in history.