Hisdates•ComPage 2: Historical Events In July - 26
Wednesday, 12 March 2025
1758 On July - 26 british battle fleet under gen James Wolfe conquerors Louisbourg 
1759 On July - 26 french troops vacate Ticonderoga NY
1760 Austrian troops occupy Fort Glatz Silezie on July - 26.
1770 On July - 26 michael Schevenstuhl, composer, dies at 65
1775 On this day in history the Post Office is esablished by the Continental Congress with Ben Franklin as postmaster general.
1775 On July - 26 united States Post Office (U.S.P.O.) created in Philadelphia under Benjamin Franklin
1782 On July - 26 john Field, Dublin Ireland, pianist/composer (Nocturnes)
1788 New York becomes 11th state to ratify constitution on this day in history.
1788 New York ratifies the U.S. Constitution on July - 26.
1788 NY becomes 11th state to ratify constitution on July - 26.
1790 US passes Assumption bill making US responsible for state debts on this day in history.
1791 On this day in history franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart, 6th child of Austrian composer WAM
1796 On July - 26 george Catlin, US, author/painter (American Indian scenes)
1799 Isaac Babbitt, invented babbitt's metal for bearings on July - 26.
1801 On July - 26 john Drake Sloat, Ret Major General Comm (Union Navy), died in 1867
1801 Daniel Dal Barba, composer, dies at 86 on this day in history.
1802 Winthrop Mackworth Praed, London, poet/politician on this day in history.
1803 On this day in history the Surrey Iron Railway, arguably the world's first public railway, opens in south London.
1805 On July - 26 naples/Calabria struck by Earthquake; about 26,000 die
1805 On this day in history 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 this day in history.
1822 Secret meeting of Simon Bolivar & Jose de San Martin on this day in history.
1826 On this day in history vilnus Lithuanian riots cause death of many Jews
1826 Freidrich Wilhelm Weis, composer, dies at 82 on this day in history.
1829 August Beernaert, Belgian premier (1884-94) (Nobel-1909) on July - 26.
1832 On July - 26 hMS Beagle anchors in Montevideo
1835 The first sugar cane plantation started in Hawaii on July - 26.
1835 1st sugar cane plantation started in Hawaii on July - 26.
1836 On this day in history jose Melchor Gomiz y Colomer, composer, dies at 45
1842 On this day in history alfred Marshall, London, economist
1847 On this day in history 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 On July - 26 the first Woman's Rights Convention (Senecca Falls NY)
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