On this day: July 26
Events
Battle of PliskaJuly 26, AD 811 · Wars & Conflicts
Dutch RepublicJuly 26, 1581 – January 19, 1795 · World History
Battle of HastenbeckJuly 26, 1757 · Wars & Conflicts
Swedish-Norwegian War 1814July 26, 1814 – August 14, 1814 · Wars & Conflicts
July RevolutionJuly 26, 1830 – July 29, 1830 · Wars & Conflicts
1963 Skopje earthquakeJuly 26, 1963 · Geography
Release of Pee-wee's Big AdventureJuly 26, 1985 · Film
Release of All We Know Is FallingJuly 26, 2005 · Music
Release of Once Upon a Time in HollywoodJuly 26, 2019 · Film
Release of Fire Emblem: Three HousesJuly 26, 2019 · Gaming
2024 Summer OlympicsJuly 26, 2024 – August 11, 2024 · Sports
Born on this day
Joseph I, Holy Roman EmperorJuly 26, 1678 – April 17, 1711 · Music
John FieldJuly 26, 1782 – January 23, 1837 · Music
Franz Xaver Wolfgang MozartJuly 26, 1791 – July 29, 1844 · Music
George CatlinJuly 26, 1796 – December 23, 1872 · Art
Germain Henri HessJuly 26, 1802 – November 30, 1850 · Science
Auguste BeernaertJuly 26, 1829 – October 6, 1912 · Politics
Alfred MarshallJuly 26, 1842 – July 13, 1924 · Culture
Ferdinand TönniesJuly 26, 1855 – April 9, 1936 · Culture
George Bernard ShawJuly 26, 1856 – November 2, 1950 · Culture
Virginie Demont-BretonJuly 26, 1859 – January 10, 1935 · Art
Jāzeps VītolsJuly 26, 1863 – April 24, 1948 · Music
Ignacio ZuloagaJuly 26, 1870 – October 31, 1945 · Art
Serge KoussevitzkyJuly 26, 1874 – June 4, 1951 · Music- Carl JungJuly 26, 1875 – June 6, 1961 · Art
André MauroisJuly 26, 1885 – October 9, 1967 · Culture
George GroszJuly 26, 1893 – July 6, 1959 · Art
Aldous HuxleyJuly 26, 1894 – November 22, 1963 · Culture
Jankel AdlerJuly 26, 1895 – April 25, 1949 · Art
James LovelockJuly 26, 1919 – July 26, 2022 · Science
Blake EdwardsJuly 26, 1922 – December 15, 2010 · Art- Bernice RubensJuly 26, 1923 – October 13, 2004 · Film
Stanley KubrickJuly 26, 1928 – March 7, 1999 · Film
Joe Jackson (talent manager)July 26, 1928 – June 27, 2018 · Music
Elliott ErwittJuly 26, 1928 – November 2023 · Film
Tadeusz BairdJuly 26, 1928 – September 2, 1981 · Music
Alexis WeissenbergJuly 26, 1929 – January 8, 2012 · Music
Edmund PhelpsJuly 26, 1933 – May 15, 2026 · Politics
Peter FleischmannJuly 26, 1937 – August 11, 2021 · Film
Jean-Luc NancyJuly 26, 1940 – August 23, 2021 · Culture
Mick JaggerJuly 26, 1943 – present · Music- Peter HyamsJuly 26, 1943 – present · Film
- Andrea TrueJuly 26, 1943 – November 7, 2011 · Film
Nexhat DaciJuly 26, 1944 – January 1, 2026 · Science
Betty DavisJuly 26, 1944 – February 9, 2022 · Music
Salvatore SamperiJuly 26, 1944 – March 2009 · Film
Helen MirrenJuly 26, 1945 – present · Film
Joel MokyrJuly 26, 1946 – present · Politics
Roger TaylorJuly 26, 1949 – present · Music
William ShepherdJuly 26, 1949 – present · Space
Susan GeorgeJuly 26, 1950 – present · Music
William S. McArthurJuly 26, 1951 – present · Space
Lesli Linka GlatterJuly 26, 1953 – present · Film
Andy GoldsworthyJuly 26, 1956 – present · Art
Yuen BiaoJuly 26, 1957 – present · Film
Kevin SpaceyJuly 26, 1959 – present · Film
Keiko MatsuiJuly 26, 1961 – present · Music
Sandra BullockJuly 26, 1964 – present · Film
Andrei OkounkovJuly 26, 1969 – present · Science
Lenka KotkováJuly 26, 1973 – present · Science
Liz TrussJuly 26, 1975 – present · Politics
Alice TaglioniJuly 26, 1976 – present · Film
Rebecca St. JamesJuly 26, 1977 – present · Music
Mageina TovahJuly 26, 1979 – present · Film
Monica RaymundJuly 26, 1986 – present · Film
Taylor MomsenJuly 26, 1993 – present · Music