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07/26/0796
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Offa, king of Mercia (75.-796)
Type: Death
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07/26/0811
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Battle at Pliska: Bulgarian under monarch Krum beat Byzantine
Type: Event
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07/26/0811
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Nicephorus I, Byzantine Emperor (802-11), dies in battle
Type: Death
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07/26/1267
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Inquistion forms in Rome under pope Clement IV
Type: Event
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07/26/1342
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Charles I Robert van Anjou, King of Hungary (1307-42), dies
Type: Death
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07/26/1467
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Ferdinand II, King of Naples
Type: Birth
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07/26/1471
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Paul II, [Pietro Barbo], Italian Pope (1464-71), dies at 54
Type: Death
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07/26/1497
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"Edward IV's son" Perkin Warbecks army lands in Cork
Type: Event
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07/26/1499
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Alonso dhe Ojeda discovers Curacao Island
Type: Event
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07/26/1519
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Pizarro receives royal charter for S American west coast
Type: Event
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07/26/1524
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James I (12) becomes king of Scotland
Type: Event
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07/26/1529
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Francisco Pizarro appointed governor of Peru
Type: Event
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07/26/1533
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Atahualpo, Inca ruler, dies
Type: Death
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07/26/1541
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Francisco Pizarro, Spanish explorer, murdered in Lima
Type: Death
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07/26/1576
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Muitende Spanish troops conquer Aalst
Type: Event
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07/26/1579
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Francis Drake leaves SF to cross Pacific Ocean
Type: Event
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07/26/1588
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John Hawkins becomes a knight
Type: Event
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07/26/1630
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Charles Emanuel I, the Great, Duke of Savoy (Peace of Lyon), dies
Type: Death
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07/26/1656
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Rembrandt declares he is insolvent
Type: Event
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07/26/1663
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France annexes Venaissin
Type: Event
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07/26/1677
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Michael Franck, composer, dies at 68
Type: Death
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07/26/1678
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Joseph I Habsburg, German king/Roman catholic emperor (1705-11)
Type: Birth
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07/26/1678
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England and Netherlands signs treaty: sending ultimatum to France
Type: Event
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07/26/1680
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John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester, poet/courtier, dies
Type: Death
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07/26/1694
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Johann Samuel Endler, composer
Type: Birth
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07/26/1712
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Thomas Osborne, English PM (1690-94), dies at 80
Type: Death
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07/26/1719
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Johann Georg Christian Storl, composer, dies at 43
Type: Death
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07/26/1728
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John Friend, physician/politician, dies
Type: Death
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07/26/1739
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George Clinton, NY, (D-R) 4th VP (1805-12)
Type: Birth
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07/26/1757
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Battle at Hastenbeck: French army beats duke of Cumberland
Type: Event
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07/26/1758
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British battle fleet under gen James Wolfe conquerors Louisbourg
Type: Event
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07/26/1759
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French troops vacate Ticonderoga NY
Type: Event
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07/26/1760
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Austrian troops occupy Fort Glatz Silezi
Type: Event
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07/26/1770
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Michael Schevenstuhl, composer, dies at 65
Type: Death
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07/26/1775
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1st Postmaster General: Benjamin Franklin of Pa takes office
Type: Event
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07/26/1782
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John Field, Dublin Ireland, pianist/composer (Nocturnes)
Type: Birth
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07/26/1788
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Sydney, Australia settled by British colonists
Type: Event
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07/26/1788
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NY becomes 11th state to ratify constitution
Type: Event
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07/26/1790
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US passes Assumption bill making US responsible for state debts
Type: Event
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07/26/1791
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Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart, 6th child of Austrian composer WAM
Type: Birth
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07/26/1796
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George Catlin, US, author/painter (American Indian scenes)
Type: Birth
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07/26/1799
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Isaac Babbitt, invented babbitt's metal for bearings
Type: Birth
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07/26/1801
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John Drake Sloat, Ret Major General Comm (Union Navy), died in 1867
Type: Birth
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07/26/1801
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Daniel Dal Barba, composer, dies at 86
Type: Death
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07/26/1802
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Winthrop Mackworth Praed, London, poet/politician
Type: Birth
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07/26/1805
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Constantine Brumidi, artist (Myrtle Murdock)
Type: Birth
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07/26/1805
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Naples/Calabria struck by Earthquake; about 26,000 die
Type: Event
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07/26/1806
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K v Gnderode, writer, dies at 26
Type: Death
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07/26/1820
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John Marshall Jones, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1864
Type: Birth
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07/26/1822
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Secret meeting of Simon Bolivar and Jos de San Martin
Type: Event
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