Page 3: Historical Events In July - 26

1848  1st Woman's Rights Convention (Senecca Falls NY) on this day in history.   

1856  The birth of George Bernard Shaw, Irish playwright on this day in history.   

1856  On this day in history george Bernard Shaw, Dublin Ire, dramatist (Pygmalion-Nobel 1925)   

1858  Baron Lionel de Rothschild is 1st Jew elected to British Parliament on July - 26.   

1858  Tommy Garrett, cricketer (original Australian Test player) on this day in history.   

1860  On July - 26 philippe J Bunau-Varilla, French engineer (Colombia-Panama)   

1863  At Salineville, OH John Hunt Morgan & 364 troops surrender on July - 26.   

1863  Battle of Salineville OH, John Hunt Morgan & 364 troops surrender on July - 26.   

1863  Jazeps Witols, composer on this day in history.   

1863  Samuel Houston, 1st Pres of Rep of Texas (1836-38, 41-44), dies at 70 on this day in history.   

1864  -31] Riot at McCook's to Lovejoy Station GA, US600 CS--- on July - 26.   

1865  Patrick Francis Healy is first black awarded PhD (Louvain Belgium) on this day in history.   

1865  On July - 26 patrick Francis Healy is 1st black awarded PhD (Louvain Belgium)   

1865  Philipp Scheidemann, German Parliament (SPD)/mayor of Kassel on July - 26.   

1866  On July - 26 canoe Club opens in England   

1866  Francesco Cilea, composer on July - 26.   

1872  On this day in history george Louis Beer, historian (authority on British colonies)   

1872  Michele Carafa, composer, dies at 84 on July - 26.   

1874  Serge Koussevitzky, Vishny-Volotchok, Russia conductor (Boston Symp) on this day in history.   

1875  Carl Gustav Jung, Switzerland, doctor (founded analytic psychology) on this day in history.   

1876  On this day in history ernest Schelling, Belvidere NJ, composer/conductor (Victory Ball)   

1877  On July - 26 hubert Ahaus, missionary (Harvest Fields)   

1878  In California, the poet and American West outlaw calling himself "Black Bart" makes his last clean getaway when he steals a safe box from a Wells Fargo stagecoach. The empty box will be found later with a taunting poem inside on this day in history.   

1881  On July - 26 french marines occupy Tunisian harbor city Sfax   

1881  Alexander J Kropholler, architect on July - 26.   

1881  George Borrow, writer, dies on July - 26.   

1882  Richard Wagner's opera "Parsifal," premieres in Beirut on this day in history.   

1885  On this day in history andre Maurois, Elbeuf, France, novelist/biographer   

1887  On July - 26 the first Esperanto book published   

1887  On July - 26 1st Esperanto book published   

1888  On July - 26 m Jouhandeau, writer   

1891  On this day in history henry James' "American," premieres in London   

1891  Jacques Pirenne, Belgian historian on this day in history.   

1892  On July - 26 philipp Jarnach, composer   

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1030  Stanislaus of Szczepanów, St. Stanislaw (d. 1079) was born on this day in history.   

1467  Ferdinand II, King of Naples was born on July - 26.   

1678  Joseph I Habsburg, German king/Roman catholic emperor (1705-11) was born on this day in history.   

1694  Johann Samuel Endler, composer was born on this day in history.   

1739  On this day in history birth of george Clinton, NY, (D-R) 4th VP (1805-12)   

1782  On this day in history birth of john Field, Dublin Ireland, pianist/composer (Nocturnes)   

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 July - 26.   

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

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

1342  On July - 26 charles I Robert van Anjou, King of Hungary (1307-42), dies   

1380  On this day in history death of emperor Komyo of Japan (b. 1322)   

1471  On July - 26 paul II, [Pietro Barbo], Italian Pope (1464-71), dies at 54   

1533  Atahualpo, Inca ruler, dies on this day in history.   

1541  Death of Francisco Pizarro, Spanish explorer, murdered in Lima on this day in history.   

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