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Jul 26 1030

Stanislaus of Szczepanw St. Stanislaw born in Lesser Poland Voivodeship Poland (d. 1079)

Jul 26 1467

Ferdinand II King of Naples (1495-96) born in Naples (d. 1496)

Jul 26 1678

Joseph I Habsburg German king and Roman Catholic emperor (1705-11) born in Vienna Austria (d. 1711)

Jul 26 1694

Johann Samuel Endler German composer born in Olbernhau Germany (d. 1762)

Jul 26 1739

George Clinton American soldier and 4th Vice President (1805-12) born in Little Britain New York (d. 1812)

Jul 26 1782

John Field Irish pianist and composer (Nocturnes) born in Dublin Ireland (d. 1837)

Jul 26 1791

Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart Austrian composer and 6th child of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart born in Vienna Austria (d. 1844)

Jul 26 1794

Johan Georg Forchhammer Danish geologist born in Husum Denmark (d. 1865)

Jul 26 1796

George Catlin American author and painter (American Indian scenes) born in Wilkes-Barre Pennsylvania (d. 1872)

Jul 26 1799

Isaac Babbitt American goldsmith who invented babbitts metal for bearings born in Taunton Massachusetts (d. 1862)

Jul 26 1801

John Drake Sloat 1st Military Governor of California (Union Navy) born in Sloatsburg New York (d. 1867)

Jul 26 1802

Winthrop Mackworth Praed English politician and poet born in London England (d. 1839)

Jul 26 1802

Mariano Arista President of Mexico (1851-53) born in San Luis Potos Mexico (d. 1855)

Jul 26 1805

Constantino Brumidi Greek-Italian-American historical artist (Myrtle Murdock) born in Rome (d. 1880)

Jul 26 1813

Isaac Baumann Jewish pioneer and trader in Bloemfontein South Africa born in Kassel Hesse Germany (d. 1881)

Jul 26 1820

John Marshall Jones American Brigadier General (Confederate Army) born in Charlottesville Virginia (d. 1864)

Jul 26 1829

Auguste Beernaert 14th Prime Minister of Belgium (1884-94) and Nobel Peace Prize laureate 1909 born in Ostend Belgium (d. 1912)

Jul 26 1842

Alfred Marshall English economist (Principles of Economics) born in London England (d. 1924)

Jul 26 1846

Texas Jack Omohundro American frontier scout actor and cowboy born in Palmyra Virginia (d. 1880)

Jul 26 1855

Ferdinand Tnnies German sociologist and philosopher born in Oldenswort Germany (d. 1936)

Jul 26 1858

Tommy Garrett Australian cricketer (original Australian Test player) born in Wollongong Australia (d. 1943)

Jul 26 1860

Philippe J Bunau-Varilla French engineer (Colombia-Panama) born in Paris (d. 1940)

Jul 26 1863

Jzeps Vtols Latvian composer born in Valmiera Russian Empire (d. 1948)

Jul 26 1863

Paul Walden Latvian chemist (Walden inversion room-temperature ionic liquid ethylammonium nitrate) born in Rozulas Governorate of Livonia Russian Empire (d. 1957)

Jul 26 1865

Philipp Scheidemann German politcian (SPD) and Mayor of Kassel born in Kassel Germany (d. 1939)

Jul 26 1872

George Louis Beer American historian (authority on British colonies) born in Staten Island New York (d. 1920)

Jul 26 1874

Serge Koussevitzky Russian-American conductor (Boston Symphony) born in Vyshny Volochyok Russia (d. 1951)

Jul 26 1875

Antonio Machado Spanish poet (Campos de Castilla) born in Seville Spain (d. 1939)

Jul 26 1876

Ernest Schelling American composer and conductor (Victory Ball) born in Belvidere New Jersey (d. 1939)

Jul 26 1880

Volodymyr Vynnychenko Ukrainian politician and statesman born in Yelisavetgrad Russian Empire (d. 1951)

Jul 26 1881

Alexander J. Kropholler Dutch architect and writer born in Amsterdam (d. 1973)

Jul 26 1881

James Cecil Parke Irish tennis rugby player (Australasian Cship 1912 Ireland rugby 20 caps) born in Clones Ireland (d. 1946)

Jul 26 1885

Andre Maurois [Emile Herzog] French writer (Balzac) born in Elbeuf France (d. 1967)

Jul 26 1469 Wars of the Roses Battle of Edgecote Moor - Pitting the forces of Richard Neville 16th Earl of Warwick against those of King Edward IV

Jul 26 1497 Edward IVs son Perkin Warbecks army lands in Cork

Jul 26 1499 Spanish conquistador Alonso de Ojeda discovers Curacao Island

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