Capture of Caen
Captures and sacks Caen during the Normandy campaign
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July 26 in History
This permanent archive page contains 171 World History Database records for July 26, spanning 1346 to 2020. Recorded topics include Capture of Caen; Reballion of Redesdales; Battle of Banbury.
Total: 171Events: 142Births: 3Deaths: 8Battles: 18Countries: 23
Events on July 26
Reballion of Redesdales
Edward IVs troops are defeated by Redesdales rebels
Reballion of Redesdales
Redesdale is backed by Warwick & Edgcott near Bicester. Edward IVs troops are defeated by Redesdales rebels
Plot
Edward Neville plots in France for the Duke of Clarence to become King
Captain
Appointed Captain General of Peru
Diplomatic Negotiations at Paris
Henry VIII breaks off talks after the Battle of Pavia. Charles V refuses to restore Henry VIII to the French throne
Peace Negotiations at London
Brinon returns to London to resume peace talks
Created Baron Wentworth
Charles I raised Wentworth to the peerage as Baron Wentworth.
Capture of Bristol
Rupert captures Bristol for the Royalists.
Capture of Bristol
Rupert of the Rhine captures Bristol, Englands 2nd port which becomes the HQ for the Prince of Wales
Siege of Bristol
Rupert of the Rhine captures Bristol, Englands 2nd port which becomes the HQ for the Prince of Wales. Joins forces with Ralph Hopton to capture Bristol
Surrender of Bristol
Fiennes surrenders Bristol after the Royalist assault.
Convention
The Battle of Hastenbeck results in the Convention of Klosterzeven and the occupation of Hanover. Following the defeat at Hastenbeck, the allied army withdraws north and Cumberland signs the humiliating Convention of Klosterzeven, ending the war in Germany
Rule of Hanover
The Battle of Hastenbeck results in the Convention of Klosterzeven and the occupation of Hanover
Siege of Louisborg
Helps capture Louisberg on Cape Breton Island to move up the St Lawrence
Capture of Ticonderoga
Captures Triconderoga
Thermidor Crisis
Robespierre addresses the National Convention and warns of unnamed conspirators within the government
Thermidor Crisis
Robespierre addresses the National Convention and warns of unnamed conspirators within the government.
Thermidor Crisis
Robespierre refuses to name the deputies he accuses and increases fear among members of the Convention
Thermidor Crisis
Robespierre refuses to name the deputies he accuses and increases fear among members of the Convention.
Thermidor Crisis
Saint-Just prepares to defend Robespierre and the authority of the Committee of Public Safety
Thermidor Crisis
Saint-Just prepares to defend Robespierre and the authority of the Committee of Public Safety.
Thermidor Crisis
Saint-Just prepares to defend the Committee of Public Safety as opposition to Robespierre grows
Thermidor Crisis
Saint-Just prepares to defend the Committee of Public Safety as opposition to Robespierre grows.
Felix de Muelenaere Government
Begins the Felix de Muelenaere Government in Brussels and serves as head of the Belgian government.
Slavery
Rejoices at the news that the bill for the abolition of slavery had finally passed its third reading in the Commons
Military Aid Agreement at London
Suspends military aid to Spain until its Government pays for arms already supplied
SS Great Britain
SS Great Britain departs Liverpool for New York on her first transatlantic voyage.
Preliminary Peace of Nikolsburg
Bismarck secures Austrian consent to Prussian reorganization of Germany north of the Main.
Preliminary Peace of Nikolsburg
The Peace of Prague leaves the southern German states outside the northern confederation.
Preliminary Peace of Nikolsburg
Franz Joseph accepts preliminary terms ending Austria's struggle for leadership in Germany.
Preliminary Peace of Nikolsburg
The Preliminary Peace of Nikolsburg accepts Austrian withdrawal from German affairs without territorial loss to Prussia.
Bengali
Founds the newspaper, The Bengali
Indian National Association
Founds the Indian National Association, the first Indian political organisation of its kind
Indian National Association
Uses the INA to tackle the age-limit for Indian students appearing for ICS exams, attacks the racial discrimination perpetrated by British officials in India through speeches all over the country, which made him very popular. Founds the Indian National Association, the first Indian political organisation of its kind
Bayreuth Premiere of Parsifal
Wagner's final completed opera is first performed at Bayreuth.
Parsifal Premiere
Parsifal receives its world premiere at the Bayreuth Festspielhaus.
Marriage
Marries Pierre Curie and continues research in Paris.
Marriage
Marries Marie Sklodowska and begins a famous scientific partnership.
Panama Canal Chief Engineer
Stevens takes charge and reorganises the canal project's railway, housing and logistics.
Arrest of Grigory Yevseyevich Zinoviev
Arrested by the Austrian police as a spy & enemy alien
Arrest of Jacob Furstenberg
Defends Lenin & Zinoviev in Austria, they are released as "an enemy of tsarism"
Arrest of Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov Lenin
Arrested by the Austrian police as a spy & enemy alien
Bolshevik Party
Defends Lenin & Zinoviev in Austria, they are released as "enemies of tsarism". Defends Lenin & Zinoviev in Austria, they are released as "an enemy of tsarism"
Bolshevik Party
Arrested by the Austrian police as a spy & enemy alien
Bolshevik Party
Arrested by the Austrian police as a spy & enemy alien
Trial
Defends Lenin & Zinoviev in Austria, they are released as "enemies of tsarism"
Mobilization
Austro-Hungarian Government order Partial Mobilization as against Serbia
Special War Inquiries Bill Advanced
Advances legislation creating special commissions to investigate the Dardanelles and Mesopotamia campaigns.
Bolshevik Party
Stalin and Sverdlov direct the 6th Congress of the Bolshevik Party
Congress of Bolsheviks, 6th
Stalin and Sverdlov direct the 6th Congress of the Bolshevik Party
Congress of RSDLP 6th
Sixth Congress of the RSDLP occurs, representing 240,000 party members, since Lenin is in hiding, Stalin delivers the report on the work of the Central Committee, the Congress resolves that a peaceful revolution has become impossible
Canada Visit
Visits Canada during his final tour, becoming the first sitting United States president to visit the country.
Miners' Dependants Relief
Supports relief measures for dependants affected by the continuing miners’ dispute.
President of Chile
Serves briefly as acting president after the resignation of Carlos Ibanez del Campo.
Resignation from Presidency
Resigns as economic collapse and political opposition undermine his government.
Alliance Joseph Stalin and Spanish Republic
The Comintern agree to furnish volunteers & money to support the Spanish Republic
Alliance Russia and Spain
The Russian led Comintern agree to supply volunteers & money to the Spanish Republic
Comintern
The Russian led Comintern agree to supply volunteers & money to the Spanish Republic
Comintern
The Comintern agree to furnish volunteers & money to support the Spanish Republic
Bombing of Beijing
Japanese forces intensify attacks around Beiping as full-scale hostilities spread across northern China.
Announces in the Commons that Runciman is going to Prague as requested
Announces in the Commons that Runciman is going to Prague as requested by Czech
North Africa
States he will not be able to attack Rommel until mid November
Command of Ariete
Infante assumes command of Ariete during the defensive phase around El Alamein.
Siege of River Don
The 33rd Guards lose 1,000 men & are forced to retreat
Aftermath of Mussolini's Fall
Withdraws from public view after the King's removal of Mussolini changes the political situation.
Foreign Minister
Joins Badoglio's government as Foreign Minister after the fall of Mussolini.
Capture of Narva
Captures Narva from the Germans
Election
Leads Labour to a landslide general election victory.
Labour Government
Forms a Labour government committed to welfare reform.
Opposition
Leaves office after Labour's general election victory
Prime Minister of Great Britain
Appointed Prime Minister of Great Britain, 1st term
United Nations Charter
Attlee's government inherits Britain's obligations as a founding member of the United Nations after the UN Charter is signed in 1945
United Nations Charter
Attlee's government inherits Britain's obligations as a founding member of the United Nations after the UN Charter is signed in 1945
Budget
Signs military aid legislation. Signs legislation granting $15 million in military aid to the French war in Indochina
Legislation
Signs military aid legislation
Over the next 4 yrs the US will spend $3 billion to
Over the next 4 yrs the US will spend $3 billion to finance the French in Indochina
Rule of Indochina
Over the next 4 yrs the US will spend $3 billion to finance the French in Indochina
Abdication
Abdicates in favour of his infant son Fuad II and leaves Egypt.
Abdication
Abdicates 3 days after a coup led by General Naguib
Coup
Abdicates 3 days after a coup led by General Naguib
Succession
Succeeds as King of Egypt, 9 moths old
Bayamo Barracks
Takes part in the failed Moncada and Bayamo barracks attacks.
Bayamo Barracks
Takes part in the failed Moncada and Bayamo barracks attacks.
Moncada Barracks
Castro leads the failed attack on the Moncada Barracks, after which he is captured, tried, incarcerated and later released
Moncada Barracks
Is tried and sentenced after the failed Moncada attack.
Moncada Barracks
A member of the 26th of July Movement that attacked the Moncada Barracks, and he spent 22 months in prison as a result of this action
Moncada Barracks
Participates in the failed Moncada attack.
Moncada Barracks
Takes part in the Moncada movement and later preserves Castro's speech.
Moncada Barracks
Serves as second-in-command during the Moncada attack.
Moncada Barracks
Supports the Moncada action and survives imprisonment.
Moncada Barracks Attack
Juan Almeida Bosque participates in the July 26 attack on the Moncada Barracks and is captured after the failed uprising.
Moncada Barracks Attack
Fidel Castro leads the armed attack on the Moncada Barracks, the failed action from which the 26th of July Movement later takes its name.
Siege of Moncada Barracks
Raúl Castro participates in the July 26 attack on Moncada Barracks and is later imprisoned for his role in the failed uprising.
Canal Administration Transferred to Egypt
Younis supervises the transfer of canal administration from the company to Egyptian control.
Canal Company Assets Secured
Nasser orders Egyptian authorities to secure the assets and offices of the Suez Canal Company.
Canal Nationalization
Receives news that Nasser has nationalised the Suez Canal Company and calls ministers for urgent consultations
Canal Nationalization
Responds to Nasser's nationalization of the Suez Canal by preparing political and military countermeasures
Canal Revenues for Development
Nasser presents Suez Canal income as a source of funding for national development projects.
Emergency Cabinet Called after Nationalisation
Eden summons ministers after learning that Egypt has nationalised the Suez Canal Company.
Nationalisation of Suez Canal Company
Nasser nationalises the Suez Canal Company and links its revenues to financing national development.
Nationalization
Nasser announces the nationalization of the Suez Canal Company, which operated the vital trade route to the east, in which British banks & business held a 44% stake
Nationalization
Announces the nationalization of the Suez Canal Company in a speech at Alexandria.
Nationalization
Nationalizes the Suez Canal Company and transfers its assets and operations to the Egyptian state.
Nationalization Decree
Issues the decree nationalizing the Suez Canal Company.
Rule of Suez Canal
Places the Suez Canal Company under Egyptian state ownership by presidential decree.
Sovereignty
Frames nationalization of the Suez Canal Company as an act restoring Egyptian sovereignty over a foreign-controlled asset.
Sovereignty
Carries out the technical takeover of Suez Canal Company offices for the Egyptian state.
Suez Canal
Treats Nasser's nationalization of the Suez Canal as a threat to French strategic and colonial interests.
Suez Canal
Announces the nationalization of the Suez Canal Company, a joint British-French enterprise that operated the canal.
Suez Canal
Leads the Egyptian technical takeover of the Suez Canal Company after Nasser's nationalization order.
Suez Canal Nationalisation
Nasser announces nationalisation after Western financing for the High Dam is withdrawn.
Suez Revenue Funding Strategy
Nasser links national control of canal revenues with financing the High Dam.
Battalion 11 Encirclement Planned
Castro plans to surround Battalion 11 after the victory at El Jigue.
Battalion 17 Withdrawal Ordered
Cantillo orders Battalion 17 to withdraw from its exposed mountain position.
Peerage
Prince Charles is created The Prince of Wales and Earl of Chester, though his actual investiture does not take place until 1 July 1969
Promotion to Commander
Castro promotes Paz after his service against the government offensive.
Newport Folk Festival
Performs at Newport Folk Festival during his folk breakthrough.
International Sanctions
Multilateral sanctions are imposed by the OAS
OAS
Multilateral sanctions are imposed by the OAS
Sanctions
Multilateral sanctions are imposed by the OAS
1966 Semi-Final Brace
Scores both England goals in the 2-1 semi-final victory over Portugal.
Moncada Anniversary Address to Guerrillas
Guevara addresses his guerrilla force on the anniversary of the 1953 Moncada Barracks attack.
Finance Act
Finance Act 1968 gives statutory effect to the main taxation measures announced in the March Budget.
Theatres Act
Supports a government period in which theatre censorship is abolished.
Investiture
The ceremony at Caernarfon has traditionally been associated with the subjugation and humiliation of Welsh people since the Thirteenth century when Edward I of England cruelly deposed the last native Prince of Wales, Llywelyn ap Gruffudd
Investiture
Invested as the Prince of Wales at Caernarvon Castle
Apollo 15 CSM-LM Docking
Pilots Endeavour during transposition and docking with lunar module Falcon.
Apollo 15 Launch
Commands Apollo 15 as the first extended J-type lunar exploration mission begins.
Ehrlichman Hearing Continues
Questions and evaluates continuing testimony from John Ehrlichman as the committee develops its record concerning White House operations and the Watergate cover-up.
Ervin Tape Request Rejected
Writes Senator Sam Ervin refusing the committee's access to White House tapes on executive privilege and separation-of-powers grounds.
Green Card
John Lennons application to remain in the US as a permanent resident is approved at a special hearing
John Lennon takes a cruise to
John Lennon takes a cruise to Bermuda, where his songwriting muse is rekindled
Dismissal
Brigadier General Mario Menendez dismissed from Argentine army
Foreign Secretary of Greece
Papoulias is appointed Minister for Foreign Affairs.
Invasion of Angola
Announces Cuba will withdraw its troops from Angola "gradually & totally"
Premiership Ends
Maung Maung Kha resigns during the 1988 political crisis
Prime Minister Takes Office
Tun Tin becomes Prime Minister during the final BSPP crisis
Tour de France
Winner of the Tour de France, 2nd time
London Olympics Welcome
Welcomes the approaching London Olympic and Paralympic Games and highlights Britain's preparations.
S2 Gravitational Redshift
As a leading GRAVITY scientist, helps measure gravitational redshift in S2 during its close passage around Sagittarius A*, testing general relativity near a supermassive black hole.
Premier League Survival
A draw at West Ham ensures Aston Villa remains in the Premier League.
Births on July 26
Birth of Michael Philip Jagger
Birth of Michael Philip Jagger
Birth of Mick Jagger
Birth of Mick Jagger, later lead singer of the Rolling Stones.
Birth of Helen Mirren
Birth of Helen Mirren, born Ilyena Vasilievna Mironov
Deaths on July 26
Death of George Talbot
Death of George Talbot, 4th Earl of Shrewsbury
Death of Queen Ulrika Eleonora
Queen Ulrika Eleonora dies after thirteen years of marriage to Charles.
Death of Queen Ulrika Eleonora
Queen Ulrika Eleonora dies after thirteen years of marriage to Charles.
Death of Eva Duarte Peron
Death of Eva Peron
Death of Maria Eva Duarte de Peron
Death of Eva Peron
Death of Carlos Castillo Armas
Death of Carlos Castillo Armas
Death of Karac Plant
Dies during Led Zeppelin's 1977 American tour, devastating Robert Plant.
Death of Mary Wells
Death of Mary Wells
Battles on July 26
Battle of Banbury
Edward Neville plots in France for the Duke of Clarence to become King. A force advancing on Nottingham to relieve the King is cut to pieces
Battle of Edgecote Moor
The Battle pitted the forces of Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick, against those of King Edward IV, the battle is considered to be an important turning point in the course of the war
Battle of Edgecote Moor
The Battle pitted the forces of Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick, against those of King Edward IV, the battle is considered to be an important turning point in the course of the war
Battle of Edgecote Moor
The Battle pitted the forces of Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick, against those of King Edward IV, the battle is considered to be an important turning point in the course of the war. Edward is defeated & Rivers is later executed. After the King's defeat after the Battle of Edgecote Moor, Rivers and his second son, John, are taken prisoner
Battle of Ponta Delgada
Defeats the French-Portuguese fleet off Sao Miguel in the Battle of Ponta Delgada
Battle of Ponta Delgada
Loses vital naval support after the defeat of his allies at Ponta Delgada
Battle of Ponta Delgada
Serves among the Spanish commanders in the Azores campaign
Battle of Ponta Delgada
Benefits from the Spanish victory that weakens opposition to his rule in Portugal
Battle of Ponta Delgada
Commands the defeated French-Portuguese fleet at Ponta Delgada
Battle of Hastenbeck
The commander of the French right flank, General Francois de Chevert, is ordered to engage Hanoverian troops at the village of Voremberg, but fails to drive them out
Battle of Hastenbeck
Drives away the Duke of Cumberland from Hanover for the Allies
Battle of Hastenbeck
The Battle of Hastenbeck results in the Convention of Klosterzeven and the occupation of Hanover. The Battle of Hastenbeck
Battle of Oland
Fights at the Battle of Oland
Battle of Aboukir Bay
Offers surrender terms to the Turks who have fled to Aboukir castle they refuse
Battle of Ostrovno
French victory but delays their advance
Battle of Dervenakia
Kolokotronis defeats Dramali Pasha's army in the Dervenakia passes
Battle of Dervenakia
Dramali Pasha suffers a major defeat while invading the Peloponnese
Battle of Rossbrunn
Karl's Bavarians resist the Prussian advance near Rossbrunn before withdrawing toward Wurzburg.