Historical Events In July - 26

0657  On this day in history battle of Siffin.  

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

0811  On this day in history 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 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.  

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 July - 26.  

1519  On this day in history pizarro receives royal charter for S American west coast  

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

1529  Francisco Pizarro appointed governor of Peru on July - 26.  

1533  On this day in history 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  Francis Drake leaves SF to cross Pacific Ocean on July - 26.  

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  On this day in history france annexes Venaissin  

1677  Michael Franck, composer, dies at 68 on this day in history.  

1678  England & Netherlands signs treaty: sending ultimatum to France on July - 26.  

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 July - 26.  

1712  Thomas Osborne, English PM (1690-94), dies at 80 on this day in history.  

1719  Johann Georg Christian Storl, composer, dies at 43 on July - 26.  

1728  On July - 26 john Friend, physician/politician, dies  

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  On this day in history birth of stanislaus of Szczepanów, St. Stanislaw (d. 1079)  

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  On this day in history 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 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 this day in history.  

0796  Death of Offa, king of Mercia (75.-796) on July - 26.  

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

1342  Charles I Robert van Anjou, King of Hungary (1307-42), dies on this day in history.  

1380  Death of Emperor Komyo of Japan (b. 1322) on this day in history.  

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

1533  On July - 26 atahualpo, Inca ruler, dies  

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

1592  On this day in history death of armand de Gontaut, baron de Biron, French soldier (b. 1524)