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  Baron Lionel de Rothschild is 1st Jew elected to British Parliament on July - 26.  

1858  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

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

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.  

1864  On July - 26 -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  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 this day in history.  

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

1872  Michele Carafa, composer, dies at 84 on this day in history.  

1874  On this day in history serge Koussevitzky, Vishny-Volotchok, Russia conductor (Boston Symp)  

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

1876  On July - 26 ernest Schelling, Belvidere NJ, composer/conductor (Victory Ball)  

1877  On July - 26 hubert Ahaus, missionary (Harvest Fields)  

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 this day in history.  

1881  French marines occupy Tunisian harbor city Sfax on July - 26.  

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

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

1887  1st Esperanto book published on July - 26.  

1888  M Jouhandeau, writer on July - 26.  

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

1891  On this day in history jacques Pirenne, Belgian historian  

1892  Philipp Jarnach, composer on July - 26.  

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1030  Stanislaus of Szczepanów, St. Stanislaw (d. 1079) was born on July - 26.  

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

1678  Joseph I Habsburg, German king/Roman catholic emperor (1705-11) was born on July - 26.  

1694  On July - 26 birth of johann Samuel Endler, composer  

1739  On July - 26 birth of george Clinton, NY, (D-R) 4th VP (1805-12)  

1782  On July - 26 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  George Catlin, US, author/painter (American Indian scenes) was born on this day in history.  

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 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 July - 26.  

1541  On July - 26 death of francisco Pizarro, Spanish explorer, murdered in Lima  

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