Historical Events In July - 26

0657  Battle of Siffin on July - 26.  

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

1467  On July - 26 ferdinand II, King of Naples  

1469  On this day in history wars of the Roses: Battle of Edgecote Moor  

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

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

1499  On July - 26 alonso dhe Ojeda discovers Curacao Island  

1519  Pizarro receives royal charter for S American west coast on this day in history.  

1524  James I (12) becomes king of Scotland on this day in history.  

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

1533  On July - 26 atahualpo, Inca ruler, dies  

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

1576  On July - 26 muitende Spanish troops conquer Aalst  

1579  On July - 26 francis Drake leaves SF to cross Pacific Ocean  

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

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 this day in history.  

1663  On July - 26 france annexes Venaissin  

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

1678  On this day in history england & Netherlands signs treaty: sending ultimatum to France  

1678  Joseph I Habsburg, German king/Roman catholic emperor (1705-11) on July - 26.  

1680  John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester, poet/courtier, dies on this day in history.  

1694  On July - 26 johann Samuel Endler, composer  

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

1719  On July - 26 johann Georg Christian Storl, composer, dies at 43  

1728  John Friend, physician/politician, dies on July - 26.  

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

1757  On this day in history battle at Hastenbeck: French army beats duke of Cumberland  

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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  On July - 26 birth of johann Samuel Endler, composer  

1739  On this day in history 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 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 July - 26 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  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  On this day in history atahualpo, Inca ruler, dies  

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

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