Page 3: Historical Events In August - 26

1860  On August - 26 friedrich Silcher, composer, dies at 71   

1863  Battle of Rocky Gap WV (White Sulphur Springs) on August - 26.   

1863  John Buchanan Floyd, US min of War (1857-60)/Confederate general, dies on August - 26.   

1865  Johann F Encke, German astronomer (Comet Encke), dies at 73 on this day in history.   

1869  On this day in history henri Leys, Flemish painter, dies at 54   

1870  Aleksander Kuprin, Russian author (Pojedinok) [NS=Sept 7] on August - 26.   

1873  On this day in history the first US public kindergarten is authorized in St. Louis, MO.   

1873  On this day in history 1st free kindergarten in the U.S. started by Susan Blow in Carondelet, a suburb of St. Louis, Missouri   

1873  On this day in history lee De Forest, Council Bluffs, inventor (Audion vacuum (radio) tube)   

1873  Carl Wilhelm, composer, dies at 57 on August - 26.   

1874  16 blacks lynched in Tennessee on this day in history.   

1875  The birth of John Buchan, Scottish author on August - 26.   

1875  John Buchan, Scotland, Gov-Gen of Canada/writer (Battle of Somme) on this day in history.   

1880  On August - 26 guillaume Apollinaire, France, poet/movie critic (Alcoola)   

1882  On August - 26 james Franck, German naturalist (Nobel 1925)   

1883  On this day in history krakatoa erupts with increasingly large explosions kills 36,000   

1883  On this day in history the Indonesian island of Krakatoa explodes, spewing volcanic ash and debris 50 miles into the air and killing 36,000 people many from tidal waves over 100 feet high.   

1883  -27] Krakatoa erupts with increasingly large explosions kills 36,000 on August - 26.   

1884  On this day in history earl Biggers, author ("Charlie Chan" detective series)   

1885  Jules Romains, France, novelist/playwright/poet (Men of Good Will) on August - 26.   

1887  Luis Abraham Delgadillo, composer on this day in history.   

1890  Tommy Andrews, cricketer (NSW & Aussie player of the 1920's) on this day in history.   

1891  Emmy van Lokhorst, Dutch author on August - 26.   

1894  On August - 26 social-Democratic Worker's party (SDAP) forms   

1894  PPH van Ham, general-major, dies in battle on Lombok on this day in history.   

1895  Electric central at Niagara Falls gives 1st steam on August - 26.   

1896  On August - 26 armenian revolutionairy assault on Ottoman Bank Constantinople   

1896  Richard Hammond, composer on August - 26.   

1898  Peggy Guggenheim, art patron & collector on August - 26.   

1899  Rufino Tamayo, Mexican painter on this day in history.   

1901  On this day in history gen Maxwell D Taylor, former US Army chief of staff   

1903  On August - 26 phillies walk 17 Dodgers in a game   

1903  On this day in history jimmy Rushing, US blues singer   

1904  On this day in history christopher W Bradshaw-Isherwood, Brit/US writer (Goodbye to Berlin)   

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

1540  King Magnus of Livonia (d. 1583) was born on August - 26.   

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 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 this day in history birth of karl Kohaut, composer   

1278  On this day in history ottokar II, King of Bohemia (1253-78), dies in battle   

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 this day in history.   

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

1486  On this day in history ernst I, ruler of Saxon (1464-86), dies at 45   

1518  On this day in history 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.