Historical Events In August - 26

1726  On August - 26 karl Kohaut, composer   

1740  On this day in history the birth of Joseph Montgolfier, With his brother invented the hot air balloon   

1740  Joseph-Michel Montgolfier, France, aeronaut (ballooning) on August - 26.   

1743  Antoine-Laurent Lavoisier, Paris, father of mod chemistry (Oxygen) on this day in history.   

1745  England, Prussia & Hannover sign treaty on this day in history.   

1745  On August - 26 francois Guichard, composer   

1748  The first Lutheran denomination in North America, the Pennsylvania Ministerium, is founded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on this day in history.   

1749  Johann Ernst Rembt, composer on this day in history.   

1770  On this day in history domingos dos Reis Quita, Portuguese playwright/poet, dies at 42   

1778  The first recorded ascent of Triglav, the highest mountain in Slovenia on this day in history.   

1788  On this day in history aloys Schmitt, German music theory/composer/royal pianist   

1791  On August - 26 john Fitch grants US patent for his working steamboat   

1794  French troops occupy Lock on this day in history.   

1811  On August - 26 danville Leadbetter, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1866   

1813  On this day in history nicaise de Keyser, Flemish painter (Battle of Guilder Tracks)   

1813  On August - 26 daniel Gottlob Turk, composer, dies at 63   

1819  Albert "Bertie" von Saksen-Coburg-Gotha, husband of queen Victoria on August - 26.   

1820  James Harlan, (Rep-Iowa)/US Secretary of Interior (1865-66) on this day in history.   

1823  On August - 26 wilhelm Troszel, composer   

1825  On this day in history jacobus J Backer, German sea historian   

1828  Erik Anthon Valdemar Siboni, composer on August - 26.   

1832  On August - 26 henryk Klein, composer, dies at 96   

1833  Charles Jackson Paine, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers) on August - 26.   

1835  On this day in history theodore Washington Brevard, Brig General (Confederate Army)   

1839  On August - 26 the ship Amistad is captured off Long Island.   

1842  Heinrich I Quincke, German internist (Lumbaalpunctie) on this day in history.   

1843  On this day in history charles Thurber patents a typewriter   

1843  George August Lumbye, composer on August - 26.   

1846  W A Bartlett appointed first US mayor of Yerba Buena (SF) on this day in history.   

1846  On August - 26 felix Mendelssohn's "Elijah," premieres   

1847  Liberia becomes an independent republic on August - 26.   

1849  Jacques-Fereol Mazas, composer, dies at 66 on August - 26.   

1850  On August - 26 charles Richet, French physiologist (anaphylaxis-Nobel 1913)   

1858  On this day in history first news dispatch by telegraph.   

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1469  On August - 26 birth of ferdinand II of Naples (d. 1496)   

1540  King Magnus of Livonia (d. 1583) was born on August - 26.   

1596  Frederik V, king of Bohemia (White Mountain) was born on August - 26.   

1627  Thomas Bullis, composer was born on August - 26.   

1676  On August - 26 birth of robert Walpole, (Whig) British PM (1721-42) [NS=Sept 5]   

1687  On August - 26 birth of willem the Fesch, Dutch violinist/composer (Joseph)   

1694  Elisha Williams, American rector of Yale College (d. 1755) was born on August - 26.   

1726  On this day in history birth of karl Kohaut, composer   

1278  Ottokar II, King of Bohemia (1253-78), dies in battle on August - 26.   

1346  On this day in history jan de Blinde, King of Bohemia/count of Luxemburg, dies in battle   

1349  Death of Thomas Bradwardine, Archbishop of Canterbury on this day in history.   

1368  On this day in history engelbrecht van der Mark, prince-Bishop of Luik (1345-64), dies   

1486  On August - 26 ernst I, ruler of Saxon (1464-86), dies at 45   

1518  On this day in history death of giberto X, Italian mister of Correggio/husband of Veronica Gambara   

1551  On August - 26 death of margareta Leijonhufvud, queen of Gustav I of Sweden (b. 1516)   

1572  Death of Petrus Ramus, French philosopher (b. 1515) on August - 26.