Historical Events In July - 26
Tuesday, 02 March 2021
1758 British battle fleet under gen James Wolfe conquerors Louisbourg on this day in history.
1759 On this day in history french troops vacate Ticonderoga NY
1760 On July - 26 austrian troops occupy Fort Glatz Silezie
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 this day in history.
1775 On July - 26 united States Post Office (U.S.P.O.) created in Philadelphia under Benjamin Franklin
1782 John Field, Dublin Ireland, pianist/composer (Nocturnes) on July - 26.
1788 On July - 26 new York becomes 11th state to ratify constitution
1788 New York ratifies the U.S. Constitution on this day in history.
1788 NY becomes 11th state to ratify constitution on July - 26.
1790 US passes Assumption bill making US responsible for state debts on July - 26.
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 Isaac Babbitt, invented babbitt's metal for bearings on July - 26.
1801 John Drake Sloat, Ret Major General Comm (Union Navy), died in 1867 on July - 26.
1801 On July - 26 daniel Dal Barba, composer, dies at 86
1802 Winthrop Mackworth Praed, London, poet/politician on this day in history.
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 July - 26.
1805 On this day in history constantine Brumidi, artist (Myrtle Murdock)
1812 Frigate Essex captures British brig Leander on this day in history.
1820 John Marshall Jones, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1864 on July - 26.
1822 On July - 26 secret meeting of Simon Bolivar & Jose de San Martin
1826 Vilnus Lithuanian riots cause death of many Jews on July - 26.
1826 Freidrich Wilhelm Weis, composer, dies at 82 on this day in history.
1829 On this day in history august Beernaert, Belgian premier (1884-94) (Nobel-1909)
1832 On this day in history hMS Beagle anchors in Montevideo
1835 The first sugar cane plantation started in Hawaii on this day in history.
1835 1st sugar cane plantation started in Hawaii on this day in history.
1836 Jose Melchor Gomiz y Colomer, composer, dies at 45 on July - 26.
1842 Alfred Marshall, London, economist on July - 26.
1847 Liberia declares independence from American Colonization Society on this day in history.
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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