Historical Events In July - 26

0657  Battle of Siffin on this day in history.  

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

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

0811  Nicephorus I, Byzantine Emperor (802-11), dies in battle on this day in history.  

0920  Rout of an alliance of Christian troops from Navarre and Léon against the Muslims at Pamplona on July - 26.  

1267  On July - 26 inquistion forms in Rome under pope Clement IV  

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

1342  On this day in history charles I Robert van Anjou, King of Hungary (1307-42), dies  

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

1469  Wars of the Roses: Battle of Edgecote Moor on July - 26.  

1471  On July - 26 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  Pizarro receives royal charter for S American west coast on this day in history.  

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

1529  On this day in history francisco Pizarro appointed governor of Peru  

1533  On this day in history atahualpo, Inca ruler, dies  

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

1576  Muitende Spanish troops conquer Aalst on this day in history.  

1579  Francis Drake leaves SF to cross Pacific Ocean on this day in history.  

1588  John Hawkins becomes a knight on July - 26.  

1630  Charles Emanuel I, the Great, Duke of Savoy (Peace of Lyon), dies on this day in history.  

1656  Rembrandt declares he is insolvent on July - 26.  

1663  On July - 26 france annexes Venaissin  

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

1678  England & Netherlands signs treaty: sending ultimatum to France on this day in history.  

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  Johann Samuel Endler, composer on this day in history.  

1712  On July - 26 thomas Osborne, English PM (1690-94), dies at 80  

1719  On this day in history johann Georg Christian Storl, composer, dies at 43  

1728  On this day in history john Friend, physician/politician, dies  

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

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  Ferdinand II, King of Naples was born on July - 26.  

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

1694  On July - 26 birth of johann Samuel Endler, composer  

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

1782  On July - 26 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  On this day in history birth of george Catlin, US, author/painter (American Indian scenes)  

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  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 July - 26.  

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

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 July - 26.