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Historical Events In July - 26
Monday, 20 March 2023
1758 On July - 26 british battle fleet under gen James Wolfe conquerors Louisbourg 
1759 On July - 26 french troops vacate Ticonderoga NY
1760 On this day in history 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 July - 26.
1775 United States Post Office (U.S.P.O.) created in Philadelphia under Benjamin Franklin on July - 26.
1782 John Field, Dublin Ireland, pianist/composer (Nocturnes) on this day in history.
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 this day in history.
1796 On this day in history 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 this day in history.
1802 On July - 26 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 On this day in history constantine Brumidi, artist (Myrtle Murdock)
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 Secret meeting of Simon Bolivar & Jose de San Martin on July - 26.
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 August Beernaert, Belgian premier (1884-94) (Nobel-1909) on this day in history.
1832 On July - 26 hMS Beagle anchors in Montevideo
1835 On this day in history the first sugar cane plantation started in Hawaii
1835 1st sugar cane plantation started in Hawaii on July - 26.
1836 Jose Melchor Gomiz y Colomer, composer, dies at 45 on this day in history.
1842 Alfred Marshall, London, economist on July - 26.
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 July - 26.
1848 The first Woman's Rights Convention (Senecca Falls NY) on this day in history.
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