Historical Events In July - 26

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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1030  On July - 26 birth of stanislaus of Szczepanów, St. Stanislaw (d. 1079)   

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  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  On July - 26 birth of john Field, Dublin Ireland, pianist/composer (Nocturnes)   

1791  On July - 26 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  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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1541  Death of Francisco Pizarro, Spanish explorer, murdered in Lima on this day in history.   

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