WHAT HAPPENED ON 26. JULY
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First Fitna: in the Battle of Siffin, troops led by Ali ibn Abu Talib clash with those led by Muawiyah I. (26. July 657)

Battle of Pliska: Byzantine Emperor Nikephoros I I is killed and his heir Staurakios is seriously wounded. (26. July 811)

Rout of an alliance of Christian troops from Navarre and Léon against the Muslims at Pamplona. (26. July 920)

Henry VII is recognized King of the Romans by Pope Clement V. (26. July 1309)

Wars of the Roses: the Battle of Edgecote Moor, pitting the forces of Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick against those of Edward IV of England, takes place. (26. July 1469)

The Emperor Krishnadeva Raya ascends to the throne, marking the beginning of the regeneration of the Vijayanagara Empire. (26. July 1509)

Plakkaat van Verlatinghe (Act of Abjuration): the northern Low Countries declare their independence from the Spanish king, Philip II. (26. July 1581)

The first recorded women's cricket match takes place near Guildford, England. (26. July 1745)

French and Indian War: the Siege of Louisbourg ends with British forces defeating the French and taking control of the Gulf of Saint Lawrence. (26. July 1758)

The office that would later become the United States Post Office Department is established by the Second Continental Congress. (26. July 1775)

New York ratifies the United States Constitution and becomes the 11th state of the United States. (26. July 1788)

The Surrey Iron Railway, arguably the world's first public railway, opens in south London, United Kingdom. (26. July 1803)

José de San Martín arrives in Guayaquil, Ecuador, to meet with Simón Bolívar. (26. July 1822)

First day of the three-day Battle of Dervenakia, between the Ottoman Empire force led by Mahmud Dramali Pasha and the Greek Revolutionary force led by Theodoros Kolokotronis. (26. July 1822)

Liberia declares its independence. (26. July 1847)

American Civil War: George B. McClellan assumes command of the Army of the Potomac following a disastrous Union defeat at the First Battle of Bull Run. (26. July 1861)

American Civil War: Morgan's Raid ends; At Salineville, Ohio, Confederate cavalry leader John Hunt Morgan and 360 of his volunteers are captured by Union forces. (26. July 1863)

Premiere of Richard Wagner's opera Parsifal at Bayreuth. (26. July 1882)

The Republic of Stellaland is founded in Southern Africa. (26. July 1882)

Publication of the Unua Libro, founding the Esperanto movement. (26. July 1887)