Page 2: Historical Events In July - 26

1758  British battle fleet under gen James Wolfe conquerors Louisbourg on this day in history.   

1759  French troops vacate Ticonderoga NY on this day in history.   

1760  On July - 26 austrian troops occupy Fort Glatz Silezie   

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  United States Post Office (U.S.P.O.) created in Philadelphia under Benjamin Franklin on this day in history.   

1782  On July - 26 john Field, Dublin Ireland, pianist/composer (Nocturnes)   

1788  On this day in history new York becomes 11th state to ratify constitution   

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 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  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  On this day in history winthrop Mackworth Praed, London, poet/politician   

1803  On July - 26 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  Constantine Brumidi, artist (Myrtle Murdock) on this day in history.   

1812  On July - 26 frigate Essex captures British brig Leander   

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 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  HMS Beagle anchors in Montevideo on July - 26.   

1835  The first sugar cane plantation started in Hawaii on July - 26.   

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

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

1842  On this day in history alfred Marshall, London, economist   

1847  Liberia declares independence from American Colonization Society on this day in history.   

1847  On July - 26 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  On July - 26 birth of stanislaus of Szczepanów, St. Stanislaw (d. 1079)   

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

1678  On July - 26 birth of joseph I Habsburg, German king/Roman catholic emperor (1705-11)   

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

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 July - 26.   

1791  On July - 26 birth of franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart, 6th child of Austrian composer WAM   

1796  George Catlin, US, author/painter (American Indian scenes) was born on this day in history.   

0796  On this day in history death of offa, king of Mercia (75.-796)   

0811  On this day in history 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 July - 26 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  On this day in history atahualpo, Inca ruler, dies   

1541  Death of Francisco Pizarro, Spanish explorer, murdered in Lima on July - 26.   

1592  Death of Armand de Gontaut, baron de Biron, French soldier (b. 1524) on July - 26.