Page 3: Historical Events In December - 26

1831  On December - 26 the opera "Norma" is produced (Milan)   

1831  On this day in history vincenzo Bellini's opera "Norma," premieres in Milan   

1836  Hans Georg Nageli, composer, dies at 63 on this day in history.   

1837  Adm George Dewey, American naval hero of Manila on December - 26.   

1837  On this day in history martinus van Marum, chemist/physicist (giant salamander), dies at 87   

1845  Salvatore Auteri Manzocchi, composer on this day in history.   

1848  On December - 26 first gold seekers arrive in Panama en route to San Francisco   

1848  On December - 26 william & Ellen Craft escape from slavery in Georgia   

1848  1st gold seekers arrive in Panama en route to SF on this day in history.   

1849  On this day in history samuel E "Sam" van Beem, actor (Fanfan la Tulipe)   

1852  On this day in history new Brunswick-built ship Marco Polo arrives backin Liverpool England from Melbourne, Australia in 140 days, a trip that sually took 240 days; declared the fastest ship in the world; 1883 wrecked when grounded in a gale off Cavendish, PEI.   

1854  On this day in history wood-pulp paper first exhibited, Buffalo   

1854  On this day in history wood-pulp paper 1st exhibited, Buffalo   

1855  Arnold Ludwig Mendelssohn, composer on December - 26.   

1859  On this day in history johan F van Bemmelen, Dutch zoologist   

1860  On December - 26 maiden voyage of first steamship owned by 1 man (C Vanderbilt)   

1860  Maiden voyage of 1st steamship owned by 1 man (C Vanderbilt) on this day in history.   

1861  Friedrich Engel, German mathematician (group theory) on December - 26.   

1861  Philip St George Cocke, Confederate brig-gen, commits suicide at 52 on December - 26.   

1862  On December - 26 first US navy hospital ship enters service   

1862  On this day in history -Dec 28th) Battle of Dumfries, VA   

1862  Alexander V Amfiteatrov, Russian/French/Italian writer [NS] on December - 26.   

1862  38 Santee Sioux indians, hanged in Mankato on December - 26.   

1865  James H Mason (Mass) patents first US coffee percolator on this day in history.   

1865  James H Mason (Mass) patents 1st US coffee percolator on December - 26.   

1866  On December - 26 samuel Ryan Curtis, Union general-major, dies at 49   

1869  Harry Redman, composer on December - 26.   

1870  The 12.8-km long Fréjus Rail Tunnel through the Alps is completed on December - 26.   

1871  Gilbert and Sullivan collaborate for the first time, on their lost opera, Thespis. It does modestly well, but the two would not collaborate again for four years on December - 26.   

1872  4th largest snowfall in NYC history (18") on this day in history.   

1873  Hubert Cuypers, Dutch composer/choir conductor (Minstrels) on December - 26.   

1874  On December - 26 norman Angell, [Lane], English cowboy/journalist (Nobel 1933)   

1877  Socialist Labor Party of North America holds first national convention on December - 26.   

1877  Socialist Labor Party of North America holds 1st natl convention on December - 26.   

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1194  Frederick II, Iesi Italy, German Emperor (1212-1250)/King of Sicily was born on December - 26.   

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

1536  Yi I, Korean Confucian scholar (d. 1584) was born on this day in history.   

1542  On this day in history birth of tokugawa Ieyasu, unifier of Japan and first Tokugawa Shogun (d. 1616)   

1618  On December - 26 birth of elisabeth, Paltsgravin of Rhine/abbess   

1633  On this day in history birth of charles E Biset, Flemish painter, baptised   

1646  Robert Bolling, English settler in Virginia (d. 1709) was born on December - 26.   

1660  Peter Schenck, German/Neth engraver/publisher, baptised was born on December - 26.   

0267  On December - 26 dionysius, bishop of Rome/saint, dies   

0268  Death of Pope Dionysius on December - 26.   

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

1458  On this day in history death of arthur III, Duke of Brittany (b. 1393)   

1476  Death of Galeazzo Maria Sforza, duke of Milan, murdered on December - 26.   

1530  On this day in history zahir al-Din Mohammed Babur Shah, founder Mogols-dynasty, dies at 47   

1574  On this day in history charles Guise, archbishop/cardinal of Reims, dies at 50   

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