Page 2: Historical Events In July - 26

1758  On July - 26 british battle fleet under gen James Wolfe conquerors Louisbourg   

1759  French troops vacate Ticonderoga NY on this day in history.   

1760  On July - 26 austrian troops occupy Fort Glatz Silezie   

1770  Michael Schevenstuhl, composer, dies at 65 on July - 26.   

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  On July - 26 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 July - 26.   

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

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  On this day in history 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  Winthrop Mackworth Praed, London, poet/politician on this day in history.   

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  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  On this day in history secret meeting of Simon Bolivar & Jose de San Martin   

1826  Vilnus Lithuanian riots cause death of many Jews on this day in history.   

1826  Freidrich Wilhelm Weis, composer, dies at 82 on July - 26.   

1829  August Beernaert, Belgian premier (1884-94) (Nobel-1909) on this day in history.   

1832  On this day in history 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  Alfred Marshall, London, economist on this day in history.   

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  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 this day in history.   

1678  Joseph I Habsburg, German king/Roman catholic emperor (1705-11) was born on July - 26.   

1694  Johann Samuel Endler, composer was born on July - 26.   

1739  On this day in history 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  George Catlin, US, author/painter (American Indian scenes) was born on this day in history.   

0796  Death of Offa, king of Mercia (75.-796) on July - 26.   

0811  Nicephorus I, Byzantine Emperor (802-11), dies in battle on July - 26.   

1342  On this day in history charles I Robert van Anjou, King of Hungary (1307-42), dies   

1380  On July - 26 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 July - 26.   

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