Page 3: Historical Events In July - 26

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

1856  The birth of George Bernard Shaw, Irish playwright on this day in history.   

1856  George Bernard Shaw, Dublin Ire, dramatist (Pygmalion-Nobel 1925) on July - 26.   

1858  On this day in history baron Lionel de Rothschild is 1st Jew elected to British Parliament   

1858  On this day in history tommy Garrett, cricketer (original Australian Test player)   

1860  Philippe J Bunau-Varilla, French engineer (Colombia-Panama) on July - 26.   

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

1863  On this day in history battle of Salineville OH, John Hunt Morgan & 364 troops surrender   

1863  On this day in history 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  Patrick Francis Healy is 1st black awarded PhD (Louvain Belgium) on this day in history.   

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  George Louis Beer, historian (authority on British colonies) on this day in history.   

1872  On this day in history michele Carafa, composer, dies at 84   

1874  On July - 26 serge Koussevitzky, Vishny-Volotchok, Russia conductor (Boston Symp)   

1875  Carl Gustav Jung, Switzerland, doctor (founded analytic psychology) on this day in history.   

1876  Ernest Schelling, Belvidere NJ, composer/conductor (Victory Ball) on this day in history.   

1877  On July - 26 hubert Ahaus, missionary (Harvest Fields)   

1878  On July - 26 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.   

1881  French marines occupy Tunisian harbor city Sfax on this day in history.   

1881  Alexander J Kropholler, architect on July - 26.   

1881  George Borrow, writer, dies on July - 26.   

1882  Richard Wagner's opera "Parsifal," premieres in Beirut on July - 26.   

1885  Andre Maurois, Elbeuf, France, novelist/biographer on this day in history.   

1887  On this day in history the first Esperanto book published   

1887  1st Esperanto book published on this day in history.   

1888  M Jouhandeau, writer on this day in history.   

1891  Henry James' "American," premieres in London on this day in history.   

1891  Jacques Pirenne, Belgian historian on this day in history.   

1892  On this day in history philipp Jarnach, composer   

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1030  Stanislaus of Szczepanów, St. Stanislaw (d. 1079) was born on this day in history.   

1467  Ferdinand II, King of Naples was born on this day in history.   

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 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  On July - 26 birth of franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart, 6th child of Austrian composer WAM   

1796  George Catlin, US, author/painter (American Indian scenes) was born on July - 26.   

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 this day in history.   

1380  On this day in history death of emperor Komyo of Japan (b. 1322)   

1471  On this day in history paul II, [Pietro Barbo], Italian Pope (1464-71), dies at 54   

1533  On July - 26 atahualpo, Inca ruler, dies   

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 July - 26.