Page 3: Historical Events In October - 26

1858  Hamilton Smith patents rotary washing machine on this day in history.   

1858  Isac Baker Woodbury, composer, dies at 39 on this day in history.   

1859  On this day in history the Royal Charter is wrecked on the coast of Anglesey, north Wales with 459 dead.   

1859  Arthur Friedheim, composer on this day in history.   

1861  On this day in history pony Express ends   

1861  On this day in history richard D Sears, Boston, tennis champ, US Open (1881)   

1863  Football Association forms in England, standardizing soccer on October - 26.   

1863  On this day in history worldwide Red Cross organized in Geneva   

1863  On this day in history soccer rules standardized; rugby starts as a separate game   

1864  On this day in history union troops ambush & kill 'Bloody' Bill Anderson in Richmond MI   

1864  On this day in history joseph Moorat, composer   

1867  John Fawcett, composer, dies at 77 on October - 26.   

1868  White terrorists kill several blacks in St Bernard Parish La on this day in history.   

1868  B F Randolph, SC state senator, assassinated on this day in history.   

1869  On October - 26 the first American steeplechase horserace (Westchester, NY)   

1869  1st American steeplechase horserace (Westchester, NY) on this day in history.   

1871  Hermann Lohr, composer on this day in history.   

1873  Thorvald Stauning, Denmark, PM (1924-26, 1929-42) on this day in history.   

1874  All Grand Trunk Railway lines east of Montreal, 542 miles, are converted from 5' 6" to standard gauge on this day in history.   

1874  On this day in history peter Cornelius, German composer, dies at 49   

1875  On this day in history h[arry] B[yron] Warner, London England, actor (King of Kings)   

1876  On October - 26 president sends federal troops to SC   

1878  On this day in history australian bushranger Ned Kelly shoots and kills three police officers at Stringybark Creek, Victoria.   

1879  The birth of Leon Trotsky, Communist leader on October - 26.   

1879  Leon Trotsky, Russian revolutionary (pres of 1st Soviet) [OS] on this day in history.   

1881  On this day in history shootout at the OK corral, in Tombstone, Az   

1881  On October - 26 gunfight at OK Corral, in Tombstone, Az   

1881  Margaret Wycherly, London England, actress (Keeper of the Flame) on this day in history.   

1881  On October - 26 billy Clanton, brother of Ike, dies   

1886  Modest Mussorgsky's "A Night on Bald Mountain," premieres in Russia on this day in history.   

1886  On October - 26 gustav Hermann Unger, composer   

1887  On October - 26 detroit (NL) beats St Louis (AA) 10 games to 5 in World Series   

1888  On this day in history e Runar Schildt, Finnish writer (Segrande Eros)   

1890  On October - 26 collodi, [Carlo Lorenzini], Italian writer (Pinocchio), dies   

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1427  Archduke Sigismund of Austria (d. 1496) was born on October - 26.   

1466  Desiderius Erasmus, Holland, scholar/author (In Praise of Folly) was born on this day in history.   

1473  On this day in history birth of friedrich of Saxony (d. 1510)   

1483  Hans Buchner, composer was born on October - 26.   

1491  Zhengde, Emperor of China (d. 1521) was born on this day in history.   

1609  William Sprague, English co-founder of Charlestown, Massachusetts (d. 1675) was born on this day in history.   

1645  On October - 26 birth of aert de Gelder, Dutch painter (King David)   

1673  Dimitrie Cantemir, Romanians historian/monarch of Moldova (1710-11) was born on this day in history.   

0899  Alfred the Great, writer/king of Wessex (871-99), dies on this day in history.   

1132  On this day in history death of floris the Black, brother of earl Dirk VI of Holland, murdered   

1235  On October - 26 andres II Arpad, King of Hungary (1205-35), dies   

1440  Death of Gilles de Rais, French marshal, killer of 140 children, hanged on this day in history.   

1576  On this day in history frederick II the Vrome, ruler of Palts, dies   

1607  Philipp Nicolai, German Lutherian theologist/poet/composer, dies at 52 on October - 26.   

1608  Juan Pantoja de la Cruz, Spanish royal painter, dies on this day in history.   

1633  Death of Horio Tadaharu, Japanese warlord (b. 1596) on this day in history.