Today in History, English
Today in History, English


IDTimeCategoryEvent
84391July 25Holiday and observanceNational Day of Galicia (Galicia)
84392July 25Holiday and observancePuerto Rico Constitution Day (Puerto Rico)
84393July 25Holiday and observanceRepublic Day (Tunisia)
84394July 26Event657 – First Fitna: In the Battle of Siffin, troops led by Ali ibn Abu Talib clash with those led by Muawiyah I.
84395July 26Event811 – Battle of Pliska: Byzantine Emperor Nikephoros I is killed and his heir Staurakios is seriously wounded.
84396July 26Event920 – Rout of an alliance of Christian troops from Navarre and Léon against the Muslims at Pamplona.
84397July 26Event1309 – Henry VII is recognized King of the Romans by Pope Clement V.
84398July 26Event1469 – 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.
84399July 26Event1509 – The Emperor Krishnadevaraya ascends to the throne, marking the beginning of the regeneration of the Vijayanagara Empire.
84400July 26Event1581 – Plakkaat van Verlatinghe (Act of Abjuration): The northern Low Countries declare their independence from the Spanish king, Philip II.
84401July 26Event1745 – The first recorded women's cricket match takes place near Guildford, England.
84402July 26Event1758 – French and Indian War: The Siege of Louisbourg ends with British forces defeating the French and taking control of the Gulf of Saint Lawrence.
84403July 26Event1775 – The office that would later become the United States Post Office Department is established by the Second Continental Congress.
84404July 26Event1788 – New York ratifies the United States Constitution and becomes the 11th state of the United States.
84405July 26Event1803 – The Surrey Iron Railway, arguably the world's first public railway, opens in south London, United Kingdom.
84406July 26Event1822 – José de San Martín arrives in Guayaquil, Ecuador, to meet with Simón Bolívar.
84407July 26Event1822 – 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.
84408July 26Event1847 – Liberia declares its independence.
84409July 26Event1861 – 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.
84410July 26Event1863 – 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.
84411July 26Event1882 – Premiere of Richard Wagner's opera Parsifal at Bayreuth.
84412July 26Event1882 – The Republic of Stellaland is founded in Southern Africa.
84413July 26Event1887 – Publication of the Unua Libro, founding the Esperanto movement.
84414July 26Event1890 – In Buenos Aires, Argentina the Revolución del Parque takes place, forcing President Miguel Ángel Juárez Celman's resignation.
84415July 26Event1891 – France annexes Tahiti.
84416July 26Event1897 – Anglo-Afghan War: The Pashtun fakir Saidullah leads an army of more than 10,000 to begin a siege of the British garrison in the Malakand Agency of the North West Frontier Province of India.
84417July 26Event1908 – United States Attorney General Charles Joseph Bonaparte issues an order to immediately staff the Office of the Chief Examiner (later renamed the Federal Bureau of Investigation).
84418July 26Event1914 – Serbia and Bulgaria interrupt diplomatic relationship.
84419July 26Event1936 – The Axis powers decide to intervene in the Spanish Civil War.
84420July 26Event1936 – King Edward VIII, in one of his few official duties before he abdicates the thrоne, officially unveils the Canadian National Vimy Memorial.

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