Hisdates•ComPage 2: Historical Events In July - 26
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1758 British battle fleet under gen James Wolfe conquerors Louisbourg on July - 26. 
1759 On this day in history french troops vacate Ticonderoga NY
1760 On this day in history austrian troops occupy Fort Glatz Silezie
1770 Michael Schevenstuhl, composer, dies at 65 on this day in history.
1775 The Post Office is esablished by the Continental Congress with Ben Franklin as postmaster general on July - 26.
1775 United States Post Office (U.S.P.O.) created in Philadelphia under Benjamin Franklin on July - 26.
1782 John Field, Dublin Ireland, pianist/composer (Nocturnes) on this day in history.
1788 New York becomes 11th state to ratify constitution on July - 26.
1788 On this day in history new York ratifies the U.S. Constitution.
1788 On July - 26 nY becomes 11th state to ratify constitution
1790 On July - 26 uS passes Assumption bill making US responsible for state debts
1791 Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart, 6th child of Austrian composer WAM on this day in history.
1796 On July - 26 george Catlin, US, author/painter (American Indian scenes)
1799 Isaac Babbitt, invented babbitt's metal for bearings on this day in history.
1801 John Drake Sloat, Ret Major General Comm (Union Navy), died in 1867 on this day in history.
1801 Daniel Dal Barba, composer, dies at 86 on this day in history.
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 this day in history constantine Brumidi, artist (Myrtle Murdock)
1812 Frigate Essex captures British brig Leander on this day in history.
1820 On this day in history john Marshall Jones, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1864
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 On this day in history freidrich Wilhelm Weis, composer, dies at 82
1829 On July - 26 august Beernaert, Belgian premier (1884-94) (Nobel-1909)
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 this day in history.
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 Liberia declares independence from American Colonization Society on this day in history.
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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