Page 2: Historical Events In July - 26

1758  British battle fleet under gen James Wolfe conquerors Louisbourg on July - 26.   

1759  French troops vacate Ticonderoga NY on July - 26.   

1760  Austrian troops occupy Fort Glatz Silezie on this day in history.   

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  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 this day in history.   

1788  On this day in history new York ratifies the U.S. Constitution.   

1788  On July - 26 nY becomes 11th state to ratify constitution   

1790  US passes Assumption bill making US responsible for state debts on this day in history.   

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

1796  On July - 26 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  Winthrop Mackworth Praed, London, poet/politician on July - 26.   

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

1805  Naples/Calabria struck by Earthquake; about 26,000 die on July - 26.   

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

1812  Frigate Essex captures British brig Leander on this day in history.   

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  Vilnus Lithuanian riots cause death of many Jews on July - 26.   

1826  On July - 26 freidrich Wilhelm Weis, composer, dies at 82   

1829  August Beernaert, Belgian premier (1884-94) (Nobel-1909) on July - 26.   

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 July - 26.   

1842  Alfred Marshall, London, economist on July - 26.   

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

1847  On this day in history liberia, setled in Africa by freed U.S. slaves, becomes the first African colony to become an independent state.   

1848  On this day in history the first Woman's Rights Convention (Senecca Falls NY)   

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1030  Stanislaus of Szczepanów, St. Stanislaw (d. 1079) was born on July - 26.   

1467  On this day in history birth of ferdinand II, King of Naples   

1678  On this day in history birth of joseph I Habsburg, German king/Roman catholic emperor (1705-11)   

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

1739  On this day in history 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 July - 26.   

0811  Nicephorus I, Byzantine Emperor (802-11), dies in battle on July - 26.   

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 July - 26 atahualpo, Inca ruler, dies   

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

1592  On July - 26 death of armand de Gontaut, baron de Biron, French soldier (b. 1524)