Page 3: Historical Events In July - 26

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

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

1856  On this day in history 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 July - 26.   

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

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

1863  Battle of Salineville OH, John Hunt Morgan & 364 troops surrender on this day in history.   

1863  On July - 26 jazeps Witols, composer   

1863  On this day in history samuel Houston, 1st Pres of Rep of Texas (1836-38, 41-44), dies at 70   

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 July - 26.   

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  Francesco Cilea, composer on July - 26.   

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

1872  Michele Carafa, composer, dies at 84 on July - 26.   

1874  Serge Koussevitzky, Vishny-Volotchok, Russia conductor (Boston Symp) on this day in history.   

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 July - 26 hubert Ahaus, missionary (Harvest Fields)   

1878  On this day in history 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  Alexander J Kropholler, architect on July - 26.   

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

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

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

1887  The first Esperanto book published on July - 26.   

1887  1st Esperanto book published on July - 26.   

1888  M Jouhandeau, writer on this day in history.   

1891  On July - 26 henry James' "American," premieres in London   

1891  Jacques Pirenne, Belgian historian on July - 26.   

1892  On this day in history philipp Jarnach, composer   

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1030  Stanislaus of Szczepanów, St. Stanislaw (d. 1079) was born on this day in history.   

1467  Ferdinand II, King of Naples was born on July - 26.   

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

1782  On this day in history birth of john Field, Dublin Ireland, pianist/composer (Nocturnes)   

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 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  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  Atahualpo, Inca ruler, dies on this day in history.   

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

1592  Death of Armand de Gontaut, baron de Biron, French soldier (b. 1524) on July - 26.