Page 3: Historical Events In July - 26

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

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 July - 26.   

1858  On July - 26 tommy Garrett, cricketer (original Australian Test player)   

1860  Philippe J Bunau-Varilla, French engineer (Colombia-Panama) on this day in history.   

1863  On this day in history 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  Samuel Houston, 1st Pres of Rep of Texas (1836-38, 41-44), dies at 70 on July - 26.   

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

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

1865  On this day in history patrick Francis Healy is 1st black awarded PhD (Louvain Belgium)   

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  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  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 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 this day in history french marines occupy Tunisian harbor city Sfax   

1881  On this day in history alexander J Kropholler, architect   

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

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

1885  Andre Maurois, Elbeuf, France, novelist/biographer on July - 26.   

1887  The first Esperanto book published on July - 26.   

1887  1st Esperanto book published on this day in history.   

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 July - 26 birth of stanislaus of Szczepanów, St. Stanislaw (d. 1079)   

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

1678  Joseph I Habsburg, German king/Roman catholic emperor (1705-11) was born on this day in history.   

1694  Johann Samuel Endler, composer was born on this day in history.   

1739  George Clinton, NY, (D-R) 4th VP (1805-12) was born on this day in history.   

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  On July - 26 death of offa, king of Mercia (75.-796)   

0811  On this day in history nicephorus I, Byzantine Emperor (802-11), dies in battle   

1342  Charles I Robert van Anjou, King of Hungary (1307-42), dies on July - 26.   

1380  Death of Emperor Komyo of Japan (b. 1322) on July - 26.   

1471  On July - 26 paul II, [Pietro Barbo], Italian Pope (1464-71), dies at 54   

1533  On July - 26 atahualpo, Inca ruler, dies   

1541  On July - 26 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)