Historical Events In July - 26

0657  Battle of Siffin on July - 26.  

0796  On this day in history offa, king of Mercia (75.-796)  

0811  Battle at Pliska: Bulgarian under monarch Krum beat Byzantine on July - 26.  

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  Inquistion forms in Rome under pope Clement IV on July - 26.  

1309  Henry VII is recognized King of the Romans by Pope Clement V on July - 26.  

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

1467  Ferdinand II, King of Naples on July - 26.  

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

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1471  On July - 26 paul II, [Pietro Barbo], Italian Pope (1464-71), dies at 54  

1497  "Edward IV's son" Perkin Warbecks army lands in Cork on this day in history.  

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 July - 26 francisco Pizarro appointed governor of Peru  

1533  On July - 26 atahualpo, Inca ruler, dies  

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

1576  Muitende Spanish troops conquer Aalst on July - 26.  

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  On July - 26 rembrandt declares he is insolvent  

1663  France annexes Venaissin on July - 26.  

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

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

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  On July - 26 birth of ferdinand II, King of Naples  

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  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 July - 26.  

0796  Death of Offa, king of Mercia (75.-796) on this day in history.  

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

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

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

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

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

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

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