Page 3: Historical Events In July - 26

1848  1st Woman's Rights Convention (Senecca Falls NY) on July - 26.   

1856  On this day in history the birth of George Bernard Shaw, Irish playwright   

1856  On this day in history george Bernard Shaw, Dublin Ire, dramatist (Pygmalion-Nobel 1925)   

1858  Baron Lionel de Rothschild is 1st Jew elected to British Parliament on this day in history.   

1858  On July - 26 tommy Garrett, cricketer (original Australian Test player)   

1860  On July - 26 philippe J Bunau-Varilla, French engineer (Colombia-Panama)   

1863  At Salineville, OH John Hunt Morgan & 364 troops surrender on July - 26.   

1863  Battle of Salineville OH, John Hunt Morgan & 364 troops surrender on this day in history.   

1863  On July - 26 jazeps Witols, composer   

1863  On this day in history samuel Houston, 1st Pres of Rep of Texas (1836-38, 41-44), dies at 70   

1864  On July - 26 -31] Riot at McCook's to Lovejoy Station GA, US600 CS---   

1865  On July - 26 patrick Francis Healy is first black awarded PhD (Louvain Belgium)   

1865  On July - 26 patrick Francis Healy is 1st black awarded PhD (Louvain Belgium)   

1865  On July - 26 philipp Scheidemann, German Parliament (SPD)/mayor of Kassel   

1866  On this day in history canoe Club opens in England   

1866  On this day in history francesco Cilea, composer   

1872  On July - 26 george Louis Beer, historian (authority on British colonies)   

1872  Michele Carafa, composer, dies at 84 on July - 26.   

1874  Serge Koussevitzky, Vishny-Volotchok, Russia conductor (Boston Symp) on this day in history.   

1875  Carl Gustav Jung, Switzerland, doctor (founded analytic psychology) on July - 26.   

1876  On July - 26 ernest Schelling, Belvidere NJ, composer/conductor (Victory Ball)   

1877  On this day in history hubert Ahaus, missionary (Harvest Fields)   

1878  In California, the poet and American West outlaw calling himself "Black Bart" makes his last clean getaway when he steals a safe box from a Wells Fargo stagecoach. The empty box will be found later with a taunting poem inside on this day in history.   

1881  On this day in history french marines occupy Tunisian harbor city Sfax   

1881  Alexander J Kropholler, architect on July - 26.   

1881  On July - 26 george Borrow, writer, dies   

1882  Richard Wagner's opera "Parsifal," premieres in Beirut on this day in history.   

1885  On this day in history andre Maurois, Elbeuf, France, novelist/biographer   

1887  On July - 26 the first Esperanto book published   

1887  1st Esperanto book published on July - 26.   

1888  M Jouhandeau, writer on July - 26.   

1891  On July - 26 henry James' "American," premieres in London   

1891  Jacques Pirenne, Belgian historian on July - 26.   

1892  Philipp Jarnach, composer on this day in history.   

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1030  On July - 26 birth of stanislaus of Szczepanów, St. Stanislaw (d. 1079)   

1467  On July - 26 birth of ferdinand II, King of Naples   

1678  Joseph I Habsburg, German king/Roman catholic emperor (1705-11) was born on this day in history.   

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

1739  On July - 26 birth of george Clinton, NY, (D-R) 4th VP (1805-12)   

1782  On this day in history birth of john Field, Dublin Ireland, pianist/composer (Nocturnes)   

1791  Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart, 6th child of Austrian composer WAM was born on July - 26.   

1796  On this day in history birth of george Catlin, US, author/painter (American Indian scenes)   

0796  On July - 26 death of offa, king of Mercia (75.-796)   

0811  Nicephorus I, Byzantine Emperor (802-11), dies in battle on this day in history.   

1342  Charles I Robert van Anjou, King of Hungary (1307-42), dies on July - 26.   

1380  Death of Emperor Komyo of Japan (b. 1322) on this day in history.   

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

1533  Atahualpo, Inca ruler, dies on July - 26.   

1541  On July - 26 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.