377 Historic Events for July 26
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| 796 |
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Offa, king of Mercia (75.-796)
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| 811 |
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Battle at Pliska: Bulgarian under monarch Krum beat Byzantine
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| 811 |
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Nicephorus I, Byzantine Emperor (802-11), dies in battle
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| 1267 |
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Inquistion forms in Rome under pope Clement IV
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| 1342 |
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Charles I Robert van Anjou, King of Hungary (1307-42), dies
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| 1467 |
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Ferdinand II, King of Naples
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| 1471 |
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Paul II, [Pietro Barbo], Italian Pope (1464-71), dies at 54
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| 1497 |
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"Edward IV's son" Perkin Warbecks army lands in Cork
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| 1499 |
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Alonso dhe Ojeda discovers Curacao Island
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| 1519 |
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Pizarro receives royal charter for S American west coast
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| 1524 |
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James I (12) becomes king of Scotland
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| 1529 |
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Francisco Pizarro appointed governor of Peru
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| 1533 |
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Atahualpo, Inca ruler, dies
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| 1541 |
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Francisco Pizarro, Spanish explorer, murdered in Lima
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| 1576 |
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Muitende Spanish troops conquer Aalst
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| 1579 |
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Francis Drake leaves SF to cross Pacific Ocean
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| 1588 |
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John Hawkins becomes a knight
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| 1630 |
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Charles Emanuel I, the Great, Duke of Savoy (Peace of Lyon), dies
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| 1656 |
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Rembrandt declares he is insolvent
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| 1663 |
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France annexes Venaissin
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| 1677 |
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Michael Franck, composer, dies at 68
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| 1678 |
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Joseph I Habsburg, German king/Roman catholic emperor (1705-11)
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| 1678 |
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England and Netherlands signs treaty: sending ultimatum to France
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| 1680 |
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John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester, poet/courtier, dies
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| 1694 |
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Johann Samuel Endler, composer
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