Historical Events In July - 26

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

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

1856  On July - 26 george Bernard Shaw, Dublin Ire, dramatist (Pygmalion-Nobel 1925)  

1858  On this day in history baron Lionel de Rothschild is 1st Jew elected to British Parliament  

1858  On this day in history tommy Garrett, cricketer (original Australian Test player)  

1860  Philippe J Bunau-Varilla, French engineer (Colombia-Panama) on July - 26.  

1863  On this day in history at Salineville, OH John Hunt Morgan & 364 troops surrender  

1863  On July - 26 battle of Salineville OH, John Hunt Morgan & 364 troops surrender  

1863  On this day in history jazeps Witols, composer  

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  On July - 26 patrick Francis Healy is first black awarded PhD (Louvain Belgium)  

1865  On this day in history patrick Francis Healy is 1st black awarded PhD (Louvain Belgium)  

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

1866  On this day in history canoe Club opens in England  

1866  Francesco Cilea, composer on this day in history.  

1872  George Louis Beer, historian (authority on British colonies) on this day in history.  

1872  Michele Carafa, composer, dies at 84 on this day in history.  

1874  Serge Koussevitzky, Vishny-Volotchok, Russia conductor (Boston Symp) on July - 26.  

1875  Carl Gustav Jung, Switzerland, doctor (founded analytic psychology) on July - 26.  

1876  Ernest Schelling, Belvidere NJ, composer/conductor (Victory Ball) on this day in history.  

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 July - 26.  

1881  French marines occupy Tunisian harbor city Sfax on July - 26.  

1881  On this day in history alexander J Kropholler, architect  

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

1882  Richard Wagner's opera "Parsifal," premieres in Beirut on July - 26.  

1885  Andre Maurois, Elbeuf, France, novelist/biographer on July - 26.  

1887  On this day in history the first Esperanto book published  

1887  1st Esperanto book published on July - 26.  

1888  On July - 26 m Jouhandeau, writer  

1891  On July - 26 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  On this day in history birth of stanislaus of Szczepanów, St. Stanislaw (d. 1079)  

1467  Ferdinand II, King of Naples was born on this day in history.  

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

1694  On this day in history birth of johann Samuel Endler, composer  

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

1782  On July - 26 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  On this day in history birth of george Catlin, US, author/painter (American Indian scenes)  

0796  On July - 26 death of offa, king of Mercia (75.-796)  

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

1342  On this day in history charles I Robert van Anjou, King of Hungary (1307-42), dies  

1380  Death of Emperor Komyo of Japan (b. 1322) on July - 26.  

1471  Paul II, [Pietro Barbo], Italian Pope (1464-71), dies at 54 on July - 26.  

1533  On this day in history atahualpo, Inca ruler, dies  

1541  On July - 26 death of francisco Pizarro, Spanish explorer, murdered in Lima  

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