Page 3: Historical Events In July - 26

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

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

1856  George Bernard Shaw, Dublin Ire, dramatist (Pygmalion-Nobel 1925) on this day in history.   

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

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

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  Patrick Francis Healy is 1st black awarded PhD (Louvain Belgium) on July - 26.   

1865  On July - 26 philipp Scheidemann, German Parliament (SPD)/mayor of Kassel   

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

1866  On this day in history francesco Cilea, composer   

1872  George Louis Beer, historian (authority on British colonies) on July - 26.   

1872  On this day in history michele Carafa, composer, dies at 84   

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  On July - 26 ernest Schelling, Belvidere NJ, composer/conductor (Victory Ball)   

1877  Hubert Ahaus, missionary (Harvest Fields) on July - 26.   

1878  On July - 26 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 this day in history french marines occupy Tunisian harbor city Sfax   

1881  On July - 26 alexander J Kropholler, architect   

1881  George Borrow, writer, dies on this day in history.   

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

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

1887  The first Esperanto book published on July - 26.   

1887  1st Esperanto book published on July - 26.   

1888  M Jouhandeau, writer on July - 26.   

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

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

1678  On July - 26 birth of joseph I Habsburg, German king/Roman catholic emperor (1705-11)   

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 this day in history.   

1791  On this day in history 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 July - 26.   

0811  On July - 26 nicephorus I, Byzantine Emperor (802-11), dies in battle   

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

1380  On July - 26 death of emperor Komyo of Japan (b. 1322)   

1471  On this day in history paul II, [Pietro Barbo], Italian Pope (1464-71), dies at 54   

1533  Atahualpo, Inca ruler, dies on July - 26.   

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

1592  Death of Armand de Gontaut, baron de Biron, French soldier (b. 1524) on this day in history.