7_26 Events in History.

377 Historic Events for July 26

796 Offa, king of Mercia (75.-796) Death
811 Battle at Pliska: Bulgarian under monarch Krum beat Byzantine Event
811 Nicephorus I, Byzantine Emperor (802-11), dies in battle Death
1267 Inquistion forms in Rome under pope Clement IV Event
1342 Charles I Robert van Anjou, King of Hungary (1307-42), dies Death
1467 Ferdinand II, King of Naples Birth
1471 Paul II, [Pietro Barbo], Italian Pope (1464-71), dies at 54 Death
1497 "Edward IV's son" Perkin Warbecks army lands in Cork Event
1499 Alonso dhe Ojeda discovers Curacao Island Event
1519 Pizarro receives royal charter for S American west coast Event

1524 James I (12) becomes king of Scotland Event
1529 Francisco Pizarro appointed governor of Peru Event
1533 Atahualpo, Inca ruler, dies Death
1541 Francisco Pizarro, Spanish explorer, murdered in Lima Death
1576 Muitende Spanish troops conquer Aalst Event
1579 Francis Drake leaves SF to cross Pacific Ocean Event
1588 John Hawkins becomes a knight Event
1630 Charles Emanuel I, the Great, Duke of Savoy (Peace of Lyon), dies Death
1656 Rembrandt declares he is insolvent Event
1663 France annexes Venaissin Event
1677 Michael Franck, composer, dies at 68 Death
1678 Joseph I Habsburg, German king/Roman catholic emperor (1705-11) Birth
1678 England and Netherlands signs treaty: sending ultimatum to France Event
1680 John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester, poet/courtier, dies Death
1694 Johann Samuel Endler, composer Birth