Page 3: Historical Events In October - 26

1858  Hamilton Smith patents rotary washing machine on October - 26.   

1858  Isac Baker Woodbury, composer, dies at 39 on October - 26.   

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

1859  On October - 26 arthur Friedheim, composer   

1861  Pony Express ends on this day in history.   

1861  On October - 26 richard D Sears, Boston, tennis champ, US Open (1881)   

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

1863  Worldwide Red Cross organized in Geneva on this day in history.   

1863  On October - 26 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  Joseph Moorat, composer on this day in history.   

1867  On October - 26 john Fawcett, composer, dies at 77   

1868  On October - 26 white terrorists kill several blacks in St Bernard Parish La   

1868  On this day in history b F Randolph, SC state senator, assassinated   

1869  On this day in history the first American steeplechase horserace (Westchester, NY)   

1869  1st American steeplechase horserace (Westchester, NY) on October - 26.   

1871  Hermann Lohr, composer on this day in history.   

1873  Thorvald Stauning, Denmark, PM (1924-26, 1929-42) on October - 26.   

1874  All Grand Trunk Railway lines east of Montreal, 542 miles, are converted from 5' 6" to standard gauge on October - 26.   

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 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 this day in history.   

1879  On this day in history leon Trotsky, Russian revolutionary (pres of 1st Soviet) [OS]   

1881  Shootout at the OK corral, in Tombstone, Az on this day in history.   

1881  Gunfight at OK Corral, in Tombstone, Az on this day in history.   

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

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

1886  On October - 26 modest Mussorgsky's "A Night on Bald Mountain," premieres in Russia   

1886  On October - 26 gustav Hermann Unger, composer   

1887  Detroit (NL) beats St Louis (AA) 10 games to 5 in World Series on October - 26.   

1888  E Runar Schildt, Finnish writer (Segrande Eros) on this day in history.   

1890  On October - 26 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  Desiderius Erasmus, Holland, scholar/author (In Praise of Folly) was born on October - 26.   

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

1483  On this day in history birth of hans Buchner, composer   

1491  On October - 26 birth of zhengde, Emperor of China (d. 1521)   

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 this day in history.   

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

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

1235  Andres II Arpad, King of Hungary (1205-35), dies on this day in history.   

1440  On this day in history death of gilles de Rais, French marshal, killer of 140 children, hanged   

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 this day in history juan Pantoja de la Cruz, Spanish royal painter, dies   

1633  Death of Horio Tadaharu, Japanese warlord (b. 1596) on October - 26.