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

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 July - 26 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.  

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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  Alonso dhe Ojeda discovers Curacao Island on July - 26.  

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  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 this day in history.  

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

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  Rembrandt declares he is insolvent on this day in history.  

1663  On July - 26 france annexes Venaissin  

1677  On July - 26 michael Franck, composer, dies at 68  

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

1678  On this day in history joseph I Habsburg, German king/Roman catholic emperor (1705-11)  

1680  On this day in history john Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester, poet/courtier, dies  

1694  On this day in history johann Samuel Endler, composer  

1712  Thomas Osborne, English PM (1690-94), dies at 80 on July - 26.  

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

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

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

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

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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  On July - 26 birth of joseph I Habsburg, German king/Roman catholic emperor (1705-11)  

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

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

1782  On this day in history birth of john Field, Dublin Ireland, pianist/composer (Nocturnes)  

1791  On this day in history 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  On this day in history nicephorus I, Byzantine Emperor (802-11), dies in battle  

1342  Charles I Robert van Anjou, King of Hungary (1307-42), dies on July - 26.  

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 July - 26.  

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