Page 3: Historical Events In July - 26

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

1856  On this day in history the birth of George Bernard Shaw, Irish playwright   

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

1858  Baron Lionel de Rothschild is 1st Jew elected to British Parliament on this day in history.   

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

1860  On this day in history philippe J Bunau-Varilla, French engineer (Colombia-Panama)   

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

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

1863  Jazeps Witols, composer on July - 26.   

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

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

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

1865  Patrick Francis Healy is 1st black awarded PhD (Louvain Belgium) on July - 26.   

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

1866  On July - 26 canoe Club opens in England   

1866  On July - 26 francesco Cilea, composer   

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  On July - 26 serge Koussevitzky, Vishny-Volotchok, Russia conductor (Boston Symp)   

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 this day in history hubert Ahaus, missionary (Harvest Fields)   

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 July - 26 french marines occupy Tunisian harbor city Sfax   

1881  On July - 26 alexander J Kropholler, architect   

1881  On July - 26 george Borrow, writer, dies   

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

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

1887  The first Esperanto book published on this day in history.   

1887  1st Esperanto book published on July - 26.   

1888  On this day in history m Jouhandeau, writer   

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

1891  Jacques Pirenne, Belgian historian on July - 26.   

1892  Philipp Jarnach, composer on this day in history.   

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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  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  John Field, Dublin Ireland, pianist/composer (Nocturnes) was born on this day in history.   

1791  On July - 26 birth of franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart, 6th child of Austrian composer WAM   

1796  On July - 26 birth of george Catlin, US, author/painter (American Indian scenes)   

0796  Death of Offa, king of Mercia (75.-796) on July - 26.   

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

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  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  On this day in history death of armand de Gontaut, baron de Biron, French soldier (b. 1524)