Historical Events In July - 26

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.  

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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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1030  Stanislaus of Szczepanów, St. Stanislaw (d. 1079) was born on this day in history.  

1467  On July - 26 birth of ferdinand II, King of Naples  

1678  Joseph I Habsburg, German king/Roman catholic emperor (1705-11) was born on this day in history.  

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

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

1782  John Field, Dublin Ireland, pianist/composer (Nocturnes) was born on this day in history.  

1791  On this day in history birth of franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart, 6th child of Austrian composer WAM  

1796  On July - 26 birth of george Catlin, US, author/painter (American Indian scenes)  

0796  On July - 26 death of offa, king of Mercia (75.-796)  

0811  On July - 26 nicephorus I, Byzantine Emperor (802-11), dies in battle  

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

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 this day in history.  

1533  Atahualpo, Inca ruler, dies on July - 26.  

1541  Death of Francisco Pizarro, Spanish explorer, murdered in Lima on this day in history.  

1592  Death of Armand de Gontaut, baron de Biron, French soldier (b. 1524) on this day in history.