Hisdates•ComPage 2: Historical Events In July - 26
Wednesday, 30 April 2025
1758 British battle fleet under gen James Wolfe conquerors Louisbourg on this day in history. 
1759 French troops vacate Ticonderoga NY on July - 26.
1760 Austrian troops occupy Fort Glatz Silezie on this day in history.
1770 On July - 26 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 July - 26.
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 US passes Assumption bill making US responsible for state debts on July - 26.
1791 On this day in history franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart, 6th child of Austrian composer WAM
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 On this day in history daniel Dal Barba, composer, dies at 86
1802 Winthrop Mackworth Praed, London, poet/politician on this day in history.
1803 On this day in history the Surrey Iron Railway, arguably the world's first public railway, opens in south London.
1805 On July - 26 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 this day in history.
1820 On July - 26 john Marshall Jones, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1864
1822 Secret meeting of Simon Bolivar & Jose de San Martin on this day in history.
1826 Vilnus Lithuanian riots cause death of many Jews on this day in history.
1826 Freidrich Wilhelm Weis, composer, dies at 82 on July - 26.
1829 August Beernaert, Belgian premier (1884-94) (Nobel-1909) on this day in history.
1832 HMS Beagle anchors in Montevideo on this day in history.
1835 The first sugar cane plantation started in Hawaii on this day in history.
1835 1st sugar cane plantation started in Hawaii on this day in history.
1836 Jose Melchor Gomiz y Colomer, composer, dies at 45 on July - 26.
1842 On July - 26 alfred Marshall, London, economist
1847 Liberia declares independence from American Colonization Society on July - 26.
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 July - 26 the first Woman's Rights Convention (Senecca Falls NY)
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