Historical Events In December - 26

1762  On December - 26 franz Wilhelm Tausch, composer   

1770  Pierre earl de Cambronne, French general (Waterloo, Elba) on December - 26.   

1771  On December - 26 heinrich J von Collin, Austria dramatist/poet (Regulus)   

1773  Expulsion of tea ships from Philadelphia on December - 26.   

1776  On this day in history battle of Trenton-major British defeat   

1776  On December - 26 johann Gottlieb Rall, Hessian colonel/mercenary, dies in battle   

1778  Juan Lovera, Venezuela, artist on this day in history.   

1791  On December - 26 in the British parlimentLondon England, British PM William Pitt passes the Constitutional Act, dividing Quebec along the Ottawa River, into Upper and Lower Canada,   

1792  On December - 26 the final trial of Louis XVI of France begins in Paris.   

1792  Charles Babbage, English inventor (calculating machine) on December - 26.   

1793  On December - 26 battle of Geisberg: French defeat Austrians.   

1793  Franz Hunten, composer on this day in history.   

1797  Hans Skramstad, composer on December - 26.   

1797  John Wilkes, English journalist/Higher/Lower house leader, dies at 72 on December - 26.   

1799  On this day in history george Washington is eulogized by Colonel Henry Lee as "1st in war, first in peace & first in the hearts of his countrymen"   

1799  George Washington is eulogized by Col Henry Lee as "1st in war, 1st in peace & 1st in hearts of his countrymen" on December - 26.   

1805  Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts established, Philadelphia on this day in history.   

1805  On December - 26 the Treaty of Pressburg December 26 ends hostilities between France and Austria   

1805  France & Austria signs Peace of Pressburg on this day in history.   

1805  On December - 26 joseph-Leon Gatayes, composer   

1808  Albert Grisar, composer on this day in history.   

1809  On December - 26 english invasionary troop leaves Vlissingen   

1809  William Nelson Pendleton, Brig Gen (Confederate Army), died in 1883 on this day in history.   

1811  A theater fire in Richmond, Virginia kills the Governor of Virginia George William Smith and the president of the First National Bank of Virginia Abraham B. Venable on December - 26.   

1812  Wilhelm Volkmar, composer on this day in history.   

1813  On this day in history zamose, Modlin, Torgau surrenders to allied armies   

1815  Israel Bush Richardson, Mjr General (Union volunteers), died in 1862 on December - 26.   

1820  On December - 26 gustavus Adolphus Smith, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1885   

1822  On December - 26 dion Boucicault, Irish/Us actor/playwright (Rip van Winkle)   

1824  On December - 26 augustus Louis Chetlain, Mjr General (Union volunteers), died in 1914   

1825  On this day in history erie Canal opens   

1826  Franz Coenen, composer on this day in history.   

1827  Jan David Holland, composer, dies at 81 on December - 26.   

1830  On December - 26 gaetano Donizetti's opera "Anna Bolena," premieres in Milan   

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1194  On this day in history birth of frederick II, Iesi Italy, German Emperor (1212-1250)/King of Sicily   

1532  Guilielmus Xylander, German classical scholar (d. 1576) was born on December - 26.   

1536  Yi I, Korean Confucian scholar (d. 1584) was born on December - 26.   

1542  Tokugawa Ieyasu, unifier of Japan and first Tokugawa Shogun (d. 1616) was born on December - 26.   

1618  Elisabeth, Paltsgravin of Rhine/abbess was born on this day in history.   

1633  Charles E Biset, Flemish painter, baptised was born on December - 26.   

1646  On this day in history birth of robert Bolling, English settler in Virginia (d. 1709)   

1660  On this day in history birth of peter Schenck, German/Neth engraver/publisher, baptised   

0267  On this day in history dionysius, bishop of Rome/saint, dies   

0268  Death of Pope Dionysius on this day in history.   

1350  On December - 26 death of jean de Marigny, French bishop   

1458  On December - 26 death of arthur III, Duke of Brittany (b. 1393)   

1476  On this day in history death of galeazzo Maria Sforza, duke of Milan, murdered   

1530  Zahir al-Din Mohammed Babur Shah, founder Mogols-dynasty, dies at 47 on this day in history.   

1574  Charles Guise, archbishop/cardinal of Reims, dies at 50 on this day in history.   

1624  Simon Marius, astronomer, dies in Bavaria at 54 on this day in history.