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07/26/1826
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Freidrich Wilhelm Weis, composer, dies at 82
Type: Death
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07/26/1826
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Vilnus Lithuanian riots cause death of many Jews
Type: Event
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07/26/1829
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August Beernaert, Belgian premier (1884-94) (Nobel-1909)
Type: Birth
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07/26/1832
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HMS Beagle anchors in Montevideo
Type: Event
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07/26/1835
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1st sugar cane plantation started in Hawaii
Type: Event
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07/26/1836
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Jose Melchor Gomiz y Colomer, composer, dies at 45
Type: Death
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07/26/1842
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Alfred Marshall, London, economist
Type: Birth
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07/26/1847
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Moses Garrish Farmer builds 1st miniature train for children to ride
Type: Event
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07/26/1847
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Liberia declares independence from American Colonization Society
Type: Event
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07/26/1848
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1st Woman's Rights Convention (Senecca Falls NY)
Type: Event
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07/26/1856
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George Bernard Shaw, Dublin Ire, dramatist (Pygmalion-Nobel 1925)
Type: Birth
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07/26/1858
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Baron Lionel de Rothschild is 1st Jew elected to British Parliament
Type: Event
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07/26/1858
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Tommy Garrett, cricketer (original Australian Test player)
Type: Birth
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07/26/1860
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Philippe J Bunau-Varilla, French engineer (Colombia-Panama)
Type: Birth
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07/26/1863
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Samuel Houston, 1st Pres of Rep of Texas (1836-38, 41-44), dies at 70
Type: Death
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07/26/1863
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Battle of Salineville OH, John Hunt Morgan and 364 troops surrender
Type: Event
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07/26/1863
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Jazeps Witols, composer
Type: Birth
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07/26/1864
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-31] Riot at McCook's to Lovejoy Station GA, US600 CS---
Type: Event
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07/26/1864
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-31] Riot at Stoneman's to Macon GA, US1000 CS---
Type: Event
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07/26/1864
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Battle at Ezra Chapel (Church), Georgia [Hood's Third Sortie]
Type: Event
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07/26/1865
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Patrick Francis Healy is 1st black awarded PhD (Louvain Belgium)
Type: Event
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07/26/1865
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Philipp Scheidemann, German Parliament (SPD)/mayor of Kassel
Type: Birth
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07/26/1866
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Francesco Cilea, composer
Type: Birth
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07/26/1866
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Canoe Club opens in England
Type: Event
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07/26/1872
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George Louis Beer, historian (authority on British colonies)
Type: Birth
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07/26/1872
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Michele Carafa, composer, dies at 84
Type: Death
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07/26/1874
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Serge Koussevitzky, Vishny-Volotchok, Russia conductor (Boston Symp)
Type: Birth
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07/26/1875
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Carl Gustav Jung, Switzerland, doctor (founded analytic psychology)
Type: Birth
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07/26/1876
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Ernest Schelling, Belvidere NJ, composer/conductor (Victory Ball)
Type: Birth
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07/26/1877
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Hubert Ahaus, missionary (Harvest Fields)
Type: Birth
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07/26/1881
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French marines occupy Tunisian harbor city Sfax
Type: Event
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07/26/1881
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George Borrow, writer, dies
Type: Death
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07/26/1881
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Alexander J Kropholler, architect
Type: Birth
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07/26/1882
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Richard Wagner's opera "Parsifal," premieres in Beirut
Type: Event
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07/26/1885
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Andr‚ Maurois, Elbeuf, France, novelist/biographer
Type: Birth
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07/26/1887
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1st Esperanto book published
Type: Event
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07/26/1888
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M Jouhandeau, writer
Type: Birth
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07/26/1891
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Henry James' "American," premieres in London
Type: Event
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07/26/1891
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Jacques Pirenne, Belgian historian
Type: Birth
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07/26/1892
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Philipp Jarnach, composer
Type: Birth
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07/26/1892
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Pearl Buck, prize winning novelist
Type: Birth
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07/26/1893
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George Grosz, German painter (Gott mit uns)
Type: Birth
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07/26/1894
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Ludovicus J Rogier, Dutch historian (Henric van Veldeken)
Type: Birth
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07/26/1894
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Aldous L Huxley, Surrey England, author (Brave New World)
Type: Birth
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07/26/1895
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Jerry Verno, London England, actor (River of Unrest, Sweeney Todd)
Type: Birth
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07/26/1895
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Robert Graves, London England, writer/poet (I Claudius) [or 6/26]
Type: Birth
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07/26/1896
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Charles Butterworth, US, lawyer/actor (Mad Genius)
Type: Birth
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07/26/1896
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Evelyn Preer, US actress (Homesteader, Spider's Webs)
Type: Birth
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07/26/1897
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Paul Gallico, NY, novelist
Type: Birth
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07/26/1897
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37.5 cm rainfall at Jewell, Maryland (state record)
Type: Event
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