Page 2: Historical Events In August - 26

1726  On August - 26 karl Kohaut, composer   

1740  The birth of Joseph Montgolfier, With his brother invented the hot air balloon on this day in history.   

1740  Joseph-Michel Montgolfier, France, aeronaut (ballooning) on this day in history.   

1743  Antoine-Laurent Lavoisier, Paris, father of mod chemistry (Oxygen) on August - 26.   

1745  England, Prussia & Hannover sign treaty on this day in history.   

1745  Francois Guichard, composer on this day in history.   

1748  The first Lutheran denomination in North America, the Pennsylvania Ministerium, is founded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on this day in history.   

1749  Johann Ernst Rembt, composer on this day in history.   

1770  Domingos dos Reis Quita, Portuguese playwright/poet, dies at 42 on this day in history.   

1778  On this day in history the first recorded ascent of Triglav, the highest mountain in Slovenia.   

1788  On August - 26 aloys Schmitt, German music theory/composer/royal pianist   

1791  On August - 26 john Fitch grants US patent for his working steamboat   

1794  French troops occupy Lock on this day in history.   

1811  Danville Leadbetter, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1866 on August - 26.   

1813  Nicaise de Keyser, Flemish painter (Battle of Guilder Tracks) on this day in history.   

1813  On this day in history daniel Gottlob Turk, composer, dies at 63   

1819  Albert "Bertie" von Saksen-Coburg-Gotha, husband of queen Victoria on August - 26.   

1820  On this day in history james Harlan, (Rep-Iowa)/US Secretary of Interior (1865-66)   

1823  On August - 26 wilhelm Troszel, composer   

1825  Jacobus J Backer, German sea historian on this day in history.   

1828  On August - 26 erik Anthon Valdemar Siboni, composer   

1832  Henryk Klein, composer, dies at 96 on this day in history.   

1833  On August - 26 charles Jackson Paine, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)   

1835  Theodore Washington Brevard, Brig General (Confederate Army) on this day in history.   

1839  On August - 26 the ship Amistad is captured off Long Island.   

1842  On this day in history heinrich I Quincke, German internist (Lumbaalpunctie)   

1843  On this day in history charles Thurber patents a typewriter   

1843  George August Lumbye, composer on August - 26.   

1846  On August - 26 w A Bartlett appointed first US mayor of Yerba Buena (SF)   

1846  Felix Mendelssohn's "Elijah," premieres on August - 26.   

1847  On August - 26 liberia becomes an independent republic.   

1849  On this day in history jacques-Fereol Mazas, composer, dies at 66   

1850  Charles Richet, French physiologist (anaphylaxis-Nobel 1913) on this day in history.   

1858  On August - 26 first news dispatch by telegraph.   

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1469  On this day in history birth of ferdinand II of Naples (d. 1496)   

1540  On August - 26 birth of king Magnus of Livonia (d. 1583)   

1596  On August - 26 birth of frederik V, king of Bohemia (White Mountain)   

1627  On August - 26 birth of thomas Bullis, composer   

1676  Robert Walpole, (Whig) British PM (1721-42) [NS=Sept 5] was born on this day in history.   

1687  Willem the Fesch, Dutch violinist/composer (Joseph) was born on August - 26.   

1694  Elisha Williams, American rector of Yale College (d. 1755) was born on August - 26.   

1726  On August - 26 birth of karl Kohaut, composer   

1278  Ottokar II, King of Bohemia (1253-78), dies in battle on this day in history.   

1346  Jan de Blinde, King of Bohemia/count of Luxemburg, dies in battle on August - 26.   

1349  On this day in history death of thomas Bradwardine, Archbishop of Canterbury   

1368  On this day in history engelbrecht van der Mark, prince-Bishop of Luik (1345-64), dies   

1486  Ernst I, ruler of Saxon (1464-86), dies at 45 on this day in history.   

1518  Death of Giberto X, Italian mister of Correggio/husband of Veronica Gambara on August - 26.   

1551  Death of Margareta Leijonhufvud, queen of Gustav I of Sweden (b. 1516) on this day in history.   

1572  On this day in history death of petrus Ramus, French philosopher (b. 1515)