Hisdates•ComPage 2: Historical Events In July - 26
Saturday, 29 March 2025
1758 On this day in history british battle fleet under gen James Wolfe conquerors Louisbourg 
1759 French troops vacate Ticonderoga NY on July - 26.
1760 On July - 26 austrian troops occupy Fort Glatz Silezie
1770 On July - 26 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 On July - 26 united States Post Office (U.S.P.O.) created in Philadelphia under Benjamin Franklin
1782 On this day in history john Field, Dublin Ireland, pianist/composer (Nocturnes)
1788 New York becomes 11th state to ratify constitution on July - 26.
1788 New York ratifies the U.S. Constitution on this day in history.
1788 On July - 26 nY becomes 11th state to ratify constitution
1790 On this day in history uS passes Assumption bill making US responsible for state debts
1791 Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart, 6th child of Austrian composer WAM on July - 26.
1796 George Catlin, US, author/painter (American Indian scenes) on this day in history.
1799 Isaac Babbitt, invented babbitt's metal for bearings on July - 26.
1801 John Drake Sloat, Ret Major General Comm (Union Navy), died in 1867 on this day in history.
1801 On this day in history daniel Dal Barba, composer, dies at 86
1802 On July - 26 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 this day in history naples/Calabria struck by Earthquake; about 26,000 die
1805 Constantine Brumidi, artist (Myrtle Murdock) on this day in history.
1812 On July - 26 frigate Essex captures British brig Leander
1820 John Marshall Jones, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1864 on July - 26.
1822 Secret meeting of Simon Bolivar & Jose de San Martin on July - 26.
1826 On July - 26 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 July - 26.
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 Jose Melchor Gomiz y Colomer, composer, dies at 45 on July - 26.
1842 On July - 26 alfred Marshall, London, economist
1847 Liberia declares independence from American Colonization Society on July - 26.
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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