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Jul 26, 811
Battle of Pliska: Bulgarians under Krum beat Byzantines
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Jul 26, 920
Rout of an alliance of Christian troops from Navarre and Léon against the Muslims at Pamplona.
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Jul 26, 1309
Henry VII is recognized King of the Romans by Pope Clement V.
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Jul 26, 1519
Francisco Pizarro receives royal charter for the west coast of South America
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1st Woman's Rights Convention (Senecca Falls NY)
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Irish playwright George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) was born in Dublin, Ireland.
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Japanese Assets Seized Jul. 26th 1941
Japanese Assets Seized Jul. 26th 1941 : President Franklin Roosevelt seizes all Japanese assets in the United States in retaliation for the Japanese occupation of French Indo-China. -
Declaration of Potsdam: US, Britain and China demand the Japanese surrender during WWII
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Fidel Castro begins rebellion, the "26th of July Movement," against Fulgenico Batista's regime
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Suez Crisis Begins 26th July 1956
Suez Crisis Begins 26th July 1956 : The Suez Crisis begins when Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser nationalizes the British and French-owned Suez Canal hoping to charge tolls that would pay for construction of of the Aswan dam on the Nile .