Page 3: Historical Events In October - 26

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

1858  On October - 26 isac Baker Woodbury, composer, dies at 39   

1859  On October - 26 the Royal Charter is wrecked on the coast of Anglesey, north Wales with 459 dead.   

1859  Arthur Friedheim, composer on October - 26.   

1861  On this day in history pony Express ends   

1861  Richard D Sears, Boston, tennis champ, US Open (1881) on this day in history.   

1863  Football Association forms in England, standardizing soccer on this day in history.   

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

1863  Soccer rules standardized; rugby starts as a separate game on October - 26.   

1864  On October - 26 union troops ambush & kill 'Bloody' Bill Anderson in Richmond MI   

1864  On this day in history joseph Moorat, composer   

1867  On this day in history john Fawcett, composer, dies at 77   

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  The first American steeplechase horserace (Westchester, NY) on October - 26.   

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

1871  On October - 26 hermann Lohr, composer   

1873  On October - 26 thorvald Stauning, Denmark, PM (1924-26, 1929-42)   

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

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

1875  H[arry] B[yron] Warner, London England, actor (King of Kings) on October - 26.   

1876  On October - 26 president sends federal troops to SC   

1878  On October - 26 australian bushranger Ned Kelly shoots and kills three police officers at Stringybark Creek, Victoria.   

1879  The birth of Leon Trotsky, Communist leader on this day in history.   

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

1881  On October - 26 shootout at the OK corral, in Tombstone, Az   

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

1881  On October - 26 margaret Wycherly, London England, actress (Keeper of the Flame)   

1881  On this day in history billy Clanton, brother of Ike, dies   

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

1886  On this day in history 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 this day in history collodi, [Carlo Lorenzini], Italian writer (Pinocchio), dies   

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1427  On this day in history birth of archduke Sigismund of Austria (d. 1496)   

1466  On this day in history birth of desiderius Erasmus, Holland, scholar/author (In Praise of Folly)   

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

1483  Hans Buchner, composer was born on this day in history.   

1491  Zhengde, Emperor of China (d. 1521) was born on October - 26.   

1609  William Sprague, English co-founder of Charlestown, Massachusetts (d. 1675) was born on October - 26.   

1645  Aert de Gelder, Dutch painter (King David) was born on October - 26.   

1673  Dimitrie Cantemir, Romanians historian/monarch of Moldova (1710-11) was born on October - 26.   

0899  On this day in history alfred the Great, writer/king of Wessex (871-99), dies   

1132  Death of Floris the Black, brother of earl Dirk VI of Holland, murdered on October - 26.   

1235  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1608  On October - 26 juan Pantoja de la Cruz, Spanish royal painter, dies   

1633  On this day in history death of horio Tadaharu, Japanese warlord (b. 1596)