Historical Events In July - 26

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  The Post Office is esablished by the Continental Congress with Ben Franklin as postmaster general on July - 26.   

1775  On July - 26 united States Post Office (U.S.P.O.) created in Philadelphia under Benjamin Franklin   

1782  John Field, Dublin Ireland, pianist/composer (Nocturnes) on July - 26.   

1788  On this day in history new York becomes 11th state to ratify constitution   

1788  On this day in history new York ratifies the U.S. Constitution.   

1788  NY becomes 11th state to ratify constitution on July - 26.   

1790  US passes Assumption bill making US responsible for state debts on July - 26.   

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 this day in history.   

1801  On this day in history john Drake Sloat, Ret Major General Comm (Union Navy), died in 1867   

1801  On July - 26 daniel Dal Barba, composer, dies at 86   

1802  On this day in history winthrop Mackworth Praed, London, poet/politician   

1803  On July - 26 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  Constantine Brumidi, artist (Myrtle Murdock) on July - 26.   

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 this day in history vilnus Lithuanian riots cause death of many Jews   

1826  On July - 26 freidrich Wilhelm Weis, composer, dies at 82   

1829  On July - 26 august Beernaert, Belgian premier (1884-94) (Nobel-1909)   

1832  HMS Beagle anchors in Montevideo on this day in history.   

1835  The first sugar cane plantation started in Hawaii on July - 26.   

1835  On this day in history 1st sugar cane plantation started in Hawaii   

1836  On this day in history jose Melchor Gomiz y Colomer, composer, dies at 45   

1842  Alfred Marshall, London, economist on July - 26.   

1847  Liberia declares independence from American Colonization Society on this day in history.   

1847  On this day in history liberia, setled in Africa by freed U.S. slaves, becomes the first African colony to become an independent state.   

1848  On this day in history the first Woman's Rights Convention (Senecca Falls NY)   

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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 this day in history.   

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  Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart, 6th child of Austrian composer WAM was born on this day in history.   

1796  On July - 26 birth of george Catlin, US, author/painter (American Indian scenes)   

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  Charles I Robert van Anjou, King of Hungary (1307-42), dies on this day in history.   

1380  Death of Emperor Komyo of Japan (b. 1322) on July - 26.   

1471  Paul II, [Pietro Barbo], Italian Pope (1464-71), dies at 54 on July - 26.   

1533  On this day in history atahualpo, Inca ruler, dies   

1541  On this day in history death of francisco Pizarro, Spanish explorer, murdered in Lima   

1592  Death of Armand de Gontaut, baron de Biron, French soldier (b. 1524) on this day in history.