Page 2: Historical Events In August - 26

1726  On this day in history karl Kohaut, composer   

1740  On August - 26 the birth of Joseph Montgolfier, With his brother invented the hot air balloon   

1740  Joseph-Michel Montgolfier, France, aeronaut (ballooning) on August - 26.   

1743  Antoine-Laurent Lavoisier, Paris, father of mod chemistry (Oxygen) on this day in history.   

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

1745  Francois Guichard, composer on this day in history.   

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

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

1770  Domingos dos Reis Quita, Portuguese playwright/poet, dies at 42 on August - 26.   

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 this day in history john Fitch grants US patent for his working steamboat   

1794  French troops occupy Lock on August - 26.   

1811  On August - 26 danville Leadbetter, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1866   

1813  On August - 26 nicaise de Keyser, Flemish painter (Battle of Guilder Tracks)   

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

1819  On this day in history albert "Bertie" von Saksen-Coburg-Gotha, husband of queen Victoria   

1820  On August - 26 james Harlan, (Rep-Iowa)/US Secretary of Interior (1865-66)   

1823  Wilhelm Troszel, composer on August - 26.   

1825  On August - 26 jacobus J Backer, German sea historian   

1828  On August - 26 erik Anthon Valdemar Siboni, composer   

1832  On August - 26 henryk Klein, composer, dies at 96   

1833  Charles Jackson Paine, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers) on August - 26.   

1835  Theodore Washington Brevard, Brig General (Confederate Army) on August - 26.   

1839  The ship Amistad is captured off Long Island on this day in history.   

1842  On August - 26 heinrich I Quincke, German internist (Lumbaalpunctie)   

1843  Charles Thurber patents a typewriter on this day in history.   

1843  George August Lumbye, composer on August - 26.   

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

1846  On this day in history felix Mendelssohn's "Elijah," premieres   

1847  On this day in history liberia becomes an independent republic.   

1849  On August - 26 jacques-Fereol Mazas, composer, dies at 66   

1850  Charles Richet, French physiologist (anaphylaxis-Nobel 1913) on August - 26.   

1858  First news dispatch by telegraph on this day in history.   

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1469  Ferdinand II of Naples (d. 1496) was born on this day in history.   

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

1596  Frederik V, king of Bohemia (White Mountain) was born on this day in history.   

1627  On August - 26 birth of thomas Bullis, composer   

1676  Robert Walpole, (Whig) British PM (1721-42) [NS=Sept 5] was born on August - 26.   

1687  On August - 26 birth of willem the Fesch, Dutch violinist/composer (Joseph)   

1694  On August - 26 birth of elisha Williams, American rector of Yale College (d. 1755)   

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  On August - 26 jan de Blinde, King of Bohemia/count of Luxemburg, dies in battle   

1349  Death of Thomas Bradwardine, Archbishop of Canterbury on this day in history.   

1368  On August - 26 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  On this day in history death of giberto X, Italian mister of Correggio/husband of Veronica Gambara   

1551  On August - 26 death of margareta Leijonhufvud, queen of Gustav I of Sweden (b. 1516)   

1572  Death of Petrus Ramus, French philosopher (b. 1515) on this day in history.