What is July 26?
{{calendar}} {{day}} == Events == === Up to 1900 === * [[615]] &ndash; [[K'inich Janaab' Pakal I]], aged 12, is crowned ruler of the [[Maya civilization|Mayan]] city of [[Palenque]]. * [[1309]] &ndash; [[Henry VII, Holy Roman Emperor]] is recognised as [[King of the Romans]] by [[Pope Clement V]]. * [[1469]] &ndash; [[Wars of the Roses]]: Forces of [[Edward IV of England]] defeat those of [[Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick]] in the [[Battle of Edgecote Moor]]. * [[1533]] &ndash; [[Atahualpa]] dies at the hands of [[Francisco Pizarro]]'s Conquistadors, marking the end of the [[Inca]] [[Empire]]. * [[1581]] &ndash; The northern [[Low Countries]] declare independence from King [[Philip II of Spain]]. * [[1745]] &ndash; The first recorded [[Woman|women's]] [[cricket]] match takes place in [[Guildford]], [[Surrey]], [[England]]. * [[1758]] &ndash; French and Indian War: The [[Siege of Louisbourg (1758)|Siege of Louisbourg]] ends with British forces defeating the French and taking control of the [[Gulf of Saint Lawrence]]. * [[1775]] &ndash; [[Benjamin Franklin]] is named Postmaster–General by the [[United States Congress]]. * [[1788]] &ndash; [[New York (state)|New York]] ratifies the [[United States Constitution]], becoming the 11th State. * [[1803]] &ndash; The [[Surrey]] [[Iron]] [[Railway]] opens in South [[London]]. * [[1805]] &ndash; An [[earthquake]] in central [[Italy]] kills an estimated 26,000 people. * [[1822]] &ndash; [[José de San Martín]] arrives in [[Guayaquil]], present–day [[Ecuador]], to meet with [[Simon Bolivar]]. * [[1822]] &ndash; First day of the three–day [[Battle of Dervenakia]] between the [[Ottoman Empire]], led by [[Mahmud Dramali Pasha]], and a [[Greece|Greek]] [[Revolution]]ary force led by [[Theodoros Kolokotronis]]. * [[1847]] &ndash; [[Liberia]] becomes independent, with [[Joseph Jenkins Roberts]] being its first [[President]]. * [[1861]] &ndash; [[American Civil War]]: [[George B. McClellan]] assumes control of the [[Army]] of the [[Potomac]], following a disastrous Union defeat