Historical Events In July - 26

0657  On July - 26 battle of Siffin.  

0796  Offa, king of Mercia (75.-796) on July - 26.  

0811  On July - 26 battle at Pliska: Bulgarian under monarch Krum beat Byzantine  

0811  Nicephorus I, Byzantine Emperor (802-11), dies in battle on July - 26.  

0920  On this day in history rout of an alliance of Christian troops from Navarre and Léon against the Muslims at Pamplona.  

1267  Inquistion forms in Rome under pope Clement IV on this day in history.  

1309  Henry VII is recognized King of the Romans by Pope Clement V on this day in history.  

1342  Charles I Robert van Anjou, King of Hungary (1307-42), dies on this day in history.  

1467  On July - 26 ferdinand II, King of Naples  

1469  On July - 26 wars of the Roses: Battle of Edgecote Moor  

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1471  On this day in history paul II, [Pietro Barbo], Italian Pope (1464-71), dies at 54  

1497  On July - 26 "Edward IV's son" Perkin Warbecks army lands in Cork  

1499  Alonso dhe Ojeda discovers Curacao Island on this day in history.  

1519  On July - 26 pizarro receives royal charter for S American west coast  

1524  On July - 26 james I (12) becomes king of Scotland  

1529  Francisco Pizarro appointed governor of Peru on July - 26.  

1533  Atahualpo, Inca ruler, dies on July - 26.  

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

1576  On July - 26 muitende Spanish troops conquer Aalst  

1579  On this day in history francis Drake leaves SF to cross Pacific Ocean  

1588  John Hawkins becomes a knight on this day in history.  

1630  On this day in history charles Emanuel I, the Great, Duke of Savoy (Peace of Lyon), dies  

1656  On this day in history rembrandt declares he is insolvent  

1663  France annexes Venaissin on July - 26.  

1677  Michael Franck, composer, dies at 68 on July - 26.  

1678  On July - 26 england & Netherlands signs treaty: sending ultimatum to France  

1678  Joseph I Habsburg, German king/Roman catholic emperor (1705-11) on this day in history.  

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

1694  On July - 26 johann Samuel Endler, composer  

1712  Thomas Osborne, English PM (1690-94), dies at 80 on this day in history.  

1719  Johann Georg Christian Storl, composer, dies at 43 on this day in history.  

1728  John Friend, physician/politician, dies on this day in history.  

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

1757  Battle at Hastenbeck: French army beats duke of Cumberland on this day in history.  

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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 July - 26.  

1694  Johann Samuel Endler, composer was born on July - 26.  

1739  On this day in history birth of george Clinton, NY, (D-R) 4th VP (1805-12)  

1782  John Field, Dublin Ireland, pianist/composer (Nocturnes) was born on July - 26.  

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

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

0796  On July - 26 death of offa, king of Mercia (75.-796)  

0811  On this day in history nicephorus I, Byzantine Emperor (802-11), dies in battle  

1342  On July - 26 charles I Robert van Anjou, King of Hungary (1307-42), dies  

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

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

1533  Atahualpo, Inca ruler, dies on July - 26.  

1541  Death of Francisco Pizarro, Spanish explorer, murdered in Lima on July - 26.  

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