Historical Events In August - 26

1726  On August - 26 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 this day in history.   

1743  On August - 26 antoine-Laurent Lavoisier, Paris, father of mod chemistry (Oxygen)   

1745  On August - 26 england, Prussia & Hannover sign treaty   

1745  On this day in history francois Guichard, composer   

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

1749  On this day in history johann Ernst Rembt, composer   

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  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 this day in history.   

1811  Danville Leadbetter, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1866 on this day in history.   

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

1813  Daniel Gottlob Turk, composer, dies at 63 on August - 26.   

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

1820  James Harlan, (Rep-Iowa)/US Secretary of Interior (1865-66) on this day in history.   

1823  Wilhelm Troszel, composer on August - 26.   

1825  Jacobus J Backer, German sea historian on August - 26.   

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

1832  Henryk Klein, composer, dies at 96 on August - 26.   

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

1835  On this day in history theodore Washington Brevard, Brig General (Confederate Army)   

1839  The ship Amistad is captured off Long Island on August - 26.   

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 this day in history.   

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  Liberia becomes an independent republic on this day in history.   

1849  Jacques-Fereol Mazas, composer, dies at 66 on August - 26.   

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

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 this day in history 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  On August - 26 birth of karl Kohaut, composer   

1278  Ottokar II, King of Bohemia (1253-78), dies in battle on August - 26.   

1346  Jan de Blinde, King of Bohemia/count of Luxemburg, dies in battle on this day in history.   

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

1368  Engelbrecht van der Mark, prince-Bishop of Luik (1345-64), dies on August - 26.   

1486  On August - 26 ernst I, ruler of Saxon (1464-86), dies at 45   

1518  On August - 26 death of giberto X, Italian mister of Correggio/husband of Veronica Gambara   

1551  On this day in history death of margareta Leijonhufvud, queen of Gustav I of Sweden (b. 1516)   

1572  Death of Petrus Ramus, French philosopher (b. 1515) on August - 26.