Hisdates•ComPage 2: Historical Events In July - 26
Sunday, 17 August 2025
1758 British battle fleet under gen James Wolfe conquerors Louisbourg on July - 26. 
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 July - 26.
1775 United States Post Office (U.S.P.O.) created in Philadelphia under Benjamin Franklin on July - 26.
1782 On this day in history john Field, Dublin Ireland, pianist/composer (Nocturnes)
1788 New York becomes 11th state to ratify constitution on this day in history.
1788 On this day in history 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 this day in history.
1796 On this day in history george Catlin, US, author/painter (American Indian scenes)
1799 On this day in history isaac Babbitt, invented babbitt's metal for bearings
1801 On July - 26 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 The Surrey Iron Railway, arguably the world's first public railway, opens in south London on July - 26.
1805 On this day in history naples/Calabria struck by Earthquake; about 26,000 die
1805 Constantine Brumidi, artist (Myrtle Murdock) on this day in history.
1812 Frigate Essex captures British brig Leander on July - 26.
1820 On this day in history john Marshall Jones, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1864
1822 Secret meeting of Simon Bolivar & Jose de San Martin on July - 26.
1826 On July - 26 vilnus Lithuanian riots cause death of many Jews
1826 Freidrich Wilhelm Weis, composer, dies at 82 on this day in history.
1829 On July - 26 august Beernaert, Belgian premier (1884-94) (Nobel-1909)
1832 HMS Beagle anchors in Montevideo on this day in history.
1835 The first sugar cane plantation started in Hawaii on July - 26.
1835 1st sugar cane plantation started in Hawaii on this day in history.
1836 On July - 26 jose Melchor Gomiz y Colomer, composer, dies at 45
1842 On this day in history alfred Marshall, London, economist
1847 Liberia declares independence from American Colonization Society on July - 26.
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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