Page 2: Historical Events In July - 26

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

1759  On this day in history french troops vacate Ticonderoga NY   

1760  On July - 26 austrian troops occupy Fort Glatz Silezie   

1770  Michael Schevenstuhl, composer, dies at 65 on this day in history.   

1775  On July - 26 the Post Office is esablished by the Continental Congress with Ben Franklin as postmaster general.   

1775  On this day in history 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  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 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  On July - 26 john Drake Sloat, Ret Major General Comm (Union Navy), died in 1867   

1801  On this day in history daniel Dal Barba, composer, dies at 86   

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  Naples/Calabria struck by Earthquake; about 26,000 die on this day in history.   

1805  On July - 26 constantine Brumidi, artist (Myrtle Murdock)   

1812  Frigate Essex captures British brig Leander on July - 26.   

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 July - 26 vilnus Lithuanian riots cause death of many Jews   

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

1829  August Beernaert, Belgian premier (1884-94) (Nobel-1909) on July - 26.   

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

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

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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1030  Stanislaus of Szczepanów, St. Stanislaw (d. 1079) was born on July - 26.   

1467  Ferdinand II, King of Naples was born on July - 26.   

1678  On this day in history birth of joseph I Habsburg, German king/Roman catholic emperor (1705-11)   

1694  Johann Samuel Endler, composer was born on this day in history.   

1739  George Clinton, NY, (D-R) 4th VP (1805-12) was born on July - 26.   

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

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 July - 26.   

0796  Death of Offa, king of Mercia (75.-796) on this day in history.   

0811  On this day in history nicephorus I, Byzantine Emperor (802-11), dies in battle   

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

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

1471  On July - 26 paul II, [Pietro Barbo], Italian Pope (1464-71), dies at 54   

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

1541  Death of Francisco Pizarro, Spanish explorer, murdered in Lima on this day in history.   

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