Historical Events In July - 26
Saturday, 07 September 2024
1758 British battle fleet under gen James Wolfe conquerors Louisbourg on this day in history.
1759 French troops vacate Ticonderoga NY on this day in history.
1760 Austrian troops occupy Fort Glatz Silezie on this day in history.
1770 On this day in history michael Schevenstuhl, composer, dies at 65
1775 On July - 26 the Post Office is esablished by the Continental Congress with Ben Franklin as postmaster general.
1775 United States Post Office (U.S.P.O.) created in Philadelphia under Benjamin Franklin on this day in history.
1782 John Field, Dublin Ireland, pianist/composer (Nocturnes) on this day in history.
1788 On July - 26 new York becomes 11th state to ratify constitution
1788 New York ratifies the U.S. Constitution on July - 26.
1788 NY becomes 11th state to ratify constitution on July - 26.
1790 On July - 26 uS passes Assumption bill making US responsible for state debts
1791 On this day in history franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart, 6th child of Austrian composer WAM
1796 George Catlin, US, author/painter (American Indian scenes) on this day in history.
1799 Isaac Babbitt, invented babbitt's metal for bearings on this day in history.
1801 On July - 26 john Drake Sloat, Ret Major General Comm (Union Navy), died in 1867
1801 On July - 26 daniel Dal Barba, composer, dies at 86
1802 Winthrop Mackworth Praed, London, poet/politician on July - 26.
1803 The Surrey Iron Railway, arguably the world's first public railway, opens in south London on this day in history.
1805 Naples/Calabria struck by Earthquake; about 26,000 die on July - 26.
1805 On July - 26 constantine Brumidi, artist (Myrtle Murdock)
1812 Frigate Essex captures British brig Leander on July - 26.
1820 John Marshall Jones, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1864 on July - 26.
1822 On July - 26 secret meeting of Simon Bolivar & Jose de San Martin
1826 On July - 26 vilnus Lithuanian riots cause death of many Jews
1826 Freidrich Wilhelm Weis, composer, dies at 82 on this day in history.
1829 On July - 26 august Beernaert, Belgian premier (1884-94) (Nobel-1909)
1832 HMS Beagle anchors in Montevideo on July - 26.
1835 On July - 26 the first sugar cane plantation started in Hawaii
1835 On July - 26 1st sugar cane plantation started in Hawaii
1836 On July - 26 jose Melchor Gomiz y Colomer, composer, dies at 45
1842 On this day in history alfred Marshall, London, economist
1847 On July - 26 liberia declares independence from American Colonization Society
1847 On July - 26 liberia, setled in Africa by freed U.S. slaves, becomes the first African colony to become an independent state.
1848 The first Woman's Rights Convention (Senecca Falls NY) on this day in history.
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