Historical Events In July - 26

1848  On July - 26 1st Woman's Rights Convention (Senecca Falls NY)  

1856  The birth of George Bernard Shaw, Irish playwright on July - 26.  

1856  George Bernard Shaw, Dublin Ire, dramatist (Pygmalion-Nobel 1925) on July - 26.  

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  Philippe J Bunau-Varilla, French engineer (Colombia-Panama) on this day in history.  

1863  At Salineville, OH John Hunt Morgan & 364 troops surrender on this day in history.  

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

1863  Jazeps Witols, composer on July - 26.  

1863  Samuel Houston, 1st Pres of Rep of Texas (1836-38, 41-44), dies at 70 on July - 26.  

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 this day in history.  

1866  Canoe Club opens in England on this day in history.  

1866  Francesco Cilea, composer on July - 26.  

1872  On July - 26 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 July - 26.  

1875  On July - 26 carl Gustav Jung, Switzerland, doctor (founded analytic psychology)  

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

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

1878  On this day in history 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.  

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

1881  Alexander J Kropholler, architect on this day in history.  

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

1882  On this day in history richard Wagner's opera "Parsifal," premieres in Beirut  

1885  Andre Maurois, Elbeuf, France, novelist/biographer on this day in history.  

1887  On July - 26 the first Esperanto book published  

1887  On July - 26 1st Esperanto book published  

1888  M Jouhandeau, writer on July - 26.  

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

1891  On July - 26 jacques Pirenne, Belgian historian  

1892  On July - 26 philipp Jarnach, composer  

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1030  On this day in history birth of stanislaus of Szczepanów, St. Stanislaw (d. 1079)  

1467  On July - 26 birth of ferdinand II, King of Naples  

1678  Joseph I Habsburg, German king/Roman catholic emperor (1705-11) was born on July - 26.  

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

1739  On July - 26 birth of george Clinton, NY, (D-R) 4th VP (1805-12)  

1782  John Field, Dublin Ireland, pianist/composer (Nocturnes) was born on July - 26.  

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 this day in history.  

0796  Death of Offa, king of Mercia (75.-796) on this day in history.  

0811  Nicephorus I, Byzantine Emperor (802-11), dies in battle on this day in history.  

1342  Charles I Robert van Anjou, King of Hungary (1307-42), dies on July - 26.  

1380  On this day in history 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  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.