Historical Events In July - 26
Sunday, 17 August 2025
0657 On July - 26 battle of Siffin.
0796 Offa, king of Mercia (75.-796) on this day in history.
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 this day in history inquistion forms in Rome under pope Clement IV
1309 Henry VII is recognized King of the Romans by Pope Clement V on July - 26.
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
1471 Paul II, [Pietro Barbo], Italian Pope (1464-71), dies at 54 on this day in history.
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 On this day in history 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 this day in history.
1533 Atahualpo, Inca ruler, dies on July - 26.
1541 On July - 26 francisco Pizarro, Spanish explorer, murdered in Lima
1576 Muitende Spanish troops conquer Aalst on this day in history.
1579 On July - 26 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 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 July - 26.
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 Johann Samuel Endler, composer on this day in history.
1712 Thomas Osborne, English PM (1690-94), dies at 80 on July - 26.
1719 Johann Georg Christian Storl, composer, dies at 43 on July - 26.
1728 John Friend, physician/politician, dies on this day in history.
1739 On July - 26 george Clinton, NY, (D-R) 4th VP (1805-12)
1757 On this day in history battle at Hastenbeck: French army beats duke of Cumberland
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