Page 2: Historical Events In August - 26

1726  On this day in history karl Kohaut, composer   

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

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  On August - 26 england, Prussia & Hannover sign treaty   

1745  On August - 26 francois Guichard, composer   

1748  The first Lutheran denomination in North America, the Pennsylvania Ministerium, is founded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on August - 26.   

1749  Johann Ernst Rembt, composer on August - 26.   

1770  On August - 26 domingos dos Reis Quita, Portuguese playwright/poet, dies at 42   

1778  The first recorded ascent of Triglav, the highest mountain in Slovenia on August - 26.   

1788  Aloys Schmitt, German music theory/composer/royal pianist on this day in history.   

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  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  On this day in history jacobus J Backer, German sea historian   

1828  Erik Anthon Valdemar Siboni, composer on August - 26.   

1832  On this day in history henryk Klein, composer, dies at 96   

1833  On this day in history 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 August - 26 heinrich I Quincke, German internist (Lumbaalpunctie)   

1843  On this day in history charles Thurber patents a typewriter   

1843  On this day in history george August Lumbye, composer   

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

1846  Felix Mendelssohn's "Elijah," premieres on this day in history.   

1847  On this day in history 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  First news dispatch by telegraph on August - 26.   

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1469  Ferdinand II of Naples (d. 1496) was born on August - 26.   

1540  On this day in history 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  On August - 26 birth of robert Walpole, (Whig) British PM (1721-42) [NS=Sept 5]   

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

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

1726  Karl Kohaut, composer was born on this day in history.   

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

1346  On this day in history jan de Blinde, King of Bohemia/count of Luxemburg, dies in battle   

1349  Death of Thomas Bradwardine, Archbishop of Canterbury on August - 26.   

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  Death of Petrus Ramus, French philosopher (b. 1515) on August - 26.