Historical Events In August - 26
Saturday, 07 September 2024
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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