Hisdates•ComPage 2: Historical Events In July - 26
Wednesday, 01 October 2025
1758 On this day in history british battle fleet under gen James Wolfe conquerors Louisbourg 
1759 French troops vacate Ticonderoga NY on this day in history.
1760 Austrian troops occupy Fort Glatz Silezie on July - 26.
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 this day in history united States Post Office (U.S.P.O.) created in Philadelphia under Benjamin Franklin
1782 John Field, Dublin Ireland, pianist/composer (Nocturnes) on this day in history.
1788 On this day in history new York becomes 11th state to ratify constitution
1788 On July - 26 new York ratifies the U.S. Constitution.
1788 On this day in history nY becomes 11th state to ratify constitution
1790 On July - 26 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 July - 26 george Catlin, US, author/painter (American Indian scenes)
1799 Isaac Babbitt, invented babbitt's metal for bearings on this day in history.
1801 John Drake Sloat, Ret Major General Comm (Union Navy), died in 1867 on July - 26.
1801 Daniel Dal Barba, composer, dies at 86 on July - 26.
1802 On this day in history winthrop Mackworth Praed, London, poet/politician
1803 On this day in history 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 John Marshall Jones, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1864 on this day in history.
1822 On this day in history secret meeting of Simon Bolivar & Jose de San Martin
1826 Vilnus Lithuanian riots cause death of many Jews on this day in history.
1826 On July - 26 freidrich Wilhelm Weis, composer, dies at 82
1829 August Beernaert, Belgian premier (1884-94) (Nobel-1909) on July - 26.
1832 HMS Beagle anchors in Montevideo on this day in history.
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 July - 26 jose Melchor Gomiz y Colomer, composer, dies at 45
1842 Alfred Marshall, London, economist on this day in history.
1847 On this day in history liberia declares independence from American Colonization Society
1847 Liberia, setled in Africa by freed U.S. slaves, becomes the first African colony to become an independent state on this day in history.
1848 The first Woman's Rights Convention (Senecca Falls NY) on July - 26.
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