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 July - 26.  

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  On July - 26 tommy Garrett, cricketer (original Australian Test player)  

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

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  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 July - 26.  

1864  On this day in history -31] Riot at McCook's to Lovejoy Station GA, US600 CS---  

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

1866  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

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  Ernest Schelling, Belvidere NJ, composer/conductor (Victory Ball) on July - 26.  

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

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  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 this day in history.  

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

1885  On July - 26 andre Maurois, Elbeuf, France, novelist/biographer  

1887  On this day in history the first Esperanto book published  

1887  On July - 26 1st Esperanto book published  

1888  On July - 26 m Jouhandeau, writer  

1891  Henry James' "American," premieres in London on this day in history.  

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

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 this day in history 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  Johann Samuel Endler, composer was born on July - 26.  

1739  George Clinton, NY, (D-R) 4th VP (1805-12) was born on July - 26.  

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

1791  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

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  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  On this day in history atahualpo, Inca ruler, dies  

1541  Death of Francisco Pizarro, Spanish explorer, murdered in Lima on July - 26.  

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