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 July - 26.  

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 July - 26.  

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 this day in history 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 July - 26.  

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

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

1865  On July - 26 patrick Francis Healy is 1st black awarded PhD (Louvain Belgium)  

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

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

1866  On July - 26 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  On July - 26 serge Koussevitzky, Vishny-Volotchok, Russia conductor (Boston Symp)  

1875  On this day in history carl Gustav Jung, Switzerland, doctor (founded analytic psychology)  

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

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

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

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 July - 26.  

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

1887  On this day in history 1st Esperanto book published  

1888  M Jouhandeau, writer on this day in history.  

1891  Henry James' "American," premieres in London on July - 26.  

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

1892  Philipp Jarnach, composer on July - 26.  

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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 July - 26.  

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  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 this day in history.  

1791  Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart, 6th child of Austrian composer WAM was born on this day in history.  

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

0796  On this day in history death of offa, king of Mercia (75.-796)  

0811  Nicephorus I, Byzantine Emperor (802-11), dies in battle on July - 26.  

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 July - 26 paul II, [Pietro Barbo], Italian Pope (1464-71), dies at 54  

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

1541  On this day in history death of francisco Pizarro, Spanish explorer, murdered in Lima  

1592  On this day in history death of armand de Gontaut, baron de Biron, French soldier (b. 1524)