Page 2: Historical Events In July - 26

1758  On this day in history british battle fleet under gen James Wolfe conquerors Louisbourg   

1759  On July - 26 french troops vacate Ticonderoga NY   

1760  Austrian troops occupy Fort Glatz Silezie on July - 26.   

1770  Michael Schevenstuhl, composer, dies at 65 on July - 26.   

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  New York becomes 11th state to ratify constitution on July - 26.   

1788  New York ratifies the U.S. Constitution on July - 26.   

1788  NY becomes 11th state to ratify constitution on this day in history.   

1790  On this day in history uS passes Assumption bill making US responsible for state debts   

1791  Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart, 6th child of Austrian composer WAM on July - 26.   

1796  On this day in history george Catlin, US, author/painter (American Indian scenes)   

1799  On July - 26 isaac Babbitt, invented babbitt's metal for bearings   

1801  On this day in history john Drake Sloat, Ret Major General Comm (Union Navy), died in 1867   

1801  On this day in history daniel Dal Barba, composer, dies at 86   

1802  Winthrop Mackworth Praed, London, poet/politician on July - 26.   

1803  On July - 26 the Surrey Iron Railway, arguably the world's first public railway, opens in south London.   

1805  On this day in history naples/Calabria struck by Earthquake; about 26,000 die   

1805  Constantine Brumidi, artist (Myrtle Murdock) on July - 26.   

1812  Frigate Essex captures British brig Leander on July - 26.   

1820  On July - 26 john Marshall Jones, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1864   

1822  On this day in history secret meeting of Simon Bolivar & Jose de San Martin   

1826  On this day in history vilnus Lithuanian riots cause death of many Jews   

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 July - 26.   

1835  1st sugar cane plantation started in Hawaii on July - 26.   

1836  Jose Melchor Gomiz y Colomer, composer, dies at 45 on July - 26.   

1842  On July - 26 alfred Marshall, London, economist   

1847  On July - 26 liberia declares independence from American Colonization Society   

1847  On July - 26 liberia, setled in Africa by freed U.S. slaves, becomes the first African colony to become an independent state.   

1848  On July - 26 the first Woman's Rights Convention (Senecca Falls NY)   

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1030  On July - 26 birth of stanislaus of Szczepanów, St. Stanislaw (d. 1079)   

1467  Ferdinand II, King of Naples was born on July - 26.   

1678  Joseph I Habsburg, German king/Roman catholic emperor (1705-11) was born on July - 26.   

1694  On July - 26 birth of johann Samuel Endler, composer   

1739  On July - 26 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  Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart, 6th child of Austrian composer WAM was born on this day in history.   

1796  George Catlin, US, author/painter (American Indian scenes) was born on July - 26.   

0796  Death of Offa, king of Mercia (75.-796) on this day in history.   

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 July - 26.   

1471  Paul II, [Pietro Barbo], Italian Pope (1464-71), dies at 54 on July - 26.   

1533  Atahualpo, Inca ruler, dies on this day in history.   

1541  On this day in history death of francisco Pizarro, Spanish explorer, murdered in Lima   

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