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Historical Events In July - 26
Thursday, 21 March 2019
1758 On July - 26 british battle fleet under gen James Wolfe conquerors Louisbourg 
1759 French troops vacate Ticonderoga NY on July - 26.
1760 Austrian troops occupy Fort Glatz Silezie on this day in history.
1770 On this day in history michael Schevenstuhl, composer, dies at 65
1775 The Post Office is esablished by the Continental Congress with Ben Franklin as postmaster general on July - 26.
1775 United States Post Office (U.S.P.O.) created in Philadelphia under Benjamin Franklin on this day in history.
1782 John Field, Dublin Ireland, pianist/composer (Nocturnes) on this day in history.
1788 New York becomes 11th state to ratify constitution on this day in history.
1788 New York ratifies the U.S. Constitution on July - 26.
1788 NY becomes 11th state to ratify constitution on July - 26.
1790 US passes Assumption bill making US responsible for state debts on this day in history.
1791 Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart, 6th child of Austrian composer WAM on this day in history.
1796 George Catlin, US, author/painter (American Indian scenes) on this day in history.
1799 On July - 26 isaac Babbitt, invented babbitt's metal for bearings
1801 On July - 26 john Drake Sloat, Ret Major General Comm (Union Navy), died in 1867
1801 Daniel Dal Barba, composer, dies at 86 on July - 26.
1802 Winthrop Mackworth Praed, London, poet/politician on July - 26.
1803 On this day in history the Surrey Iron Railway, arguably the world's first public railway, opens in south London.
1805 Naples/Calabria struck by Earthquake; about 26,000 die on this day in history.
1805 Constantine Brumidi, artist (Myrtle Murdock) on this day in history.
1812 On this day in history frigate Essex captures British brig Leander
1820 On this day in history john Marshall Jones, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1864
1822 Secret meeting of Simon Bolivar & Jose de San Martin on this day in history.
1826 On this day in history vilnus Lithuanian riots cause death of many Jews
1826 On July - 26 freidrich Wilhelm Weis, composer, dies at 82
1829 On July - 26 august Beernaert, Belgian premier (1884-94) (Nobel-1909)
1832 On July - 26 hMS Beagle anchors in Montevideo
1835 On July - 26 the first sugar cane plantation started in Hawaii
1835 On July - 26 1st sugar cane plantation started in Hawaii
1836 On this day in history jose Melchor Gomiz y Colomer, composer, dies at 45
1842 On July - 26 alfred Marshall, London, economist
1847 Liberia declares independence from American Colonization Society on July - 26.
1847 On this day in history liberia, setled in Africa by freed U.S. slaves, becomes the first African colony to become an independent state.
1848 The first Woman's Rights Convention (Senecca Falls NY) on July - 26.
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