Historical Events In August - 26

1860  On this day in history friedrich Silcher, composer, dies at 71   

1863  Battle of Rocky Gap WV (White Sulphur Springs) on August - 26.   

1863  On August - 26 john Buchanan Floyd, US min of War (1857-60)/Confederate general, dies   

1865  Johann F Encke, German astronomer (Comet Encke), dies at 73 on August - 26.   

1869  On this day in history henri Leys, Flemish painter, dies at 54   

1870  Aleksander Kuprin, Russian author (Pojedinok) [NS=Sept 7] on August - 26.   

1873  On August - 26 the first US public kindergarten is authorized in St. Louis, MO.   

1873  On August - 26 1st free kindergarten in the U.S. started by Susan Blow in Carondelet, a suburb of St. Louis, Missouri   

1873  Lee De Forest, Council Bluffs, inventor (Audion vacuum (radio) tube) on this day in history.   

1873  On this day in history carl Wilhelm, composer, dies at 57   

1874  On this day in history 16 blacks lynched in Tennessee   

1875  The birth of John Buchan, Scottish author on August - 26.   

1875  On this day in history john Buchan, Scotland, Gov-Gen of Canada/writer (Battle of Somme)   

1880  On August - 26 guillaume Apollinaire, France, poet/movie critic (Alcoola)   

1882  James Franck, German naturalist (Nobel 1925) on this day in history.   

1883  Krakatoa erupts with increasingly large explosions kills 36,000 on this day in history.   

1883  On August - 26 the Indonesian island of Krakatoa explodes, spewing volcanic ash and debris 50 miles into the air and killing 36,000 people many from tidal waves over 100 feet high.   

1883  On August - 26 -27] Krakatoa erupts with increasingly large explosions kills 36,000   

1884  On this day in history earl Biggers, author ("Charlie Chan" detective series)   

1885  Jules Romains, France, novelist/playwright/poet (Men of Good Will) on this day in history.   

1887  On this day in history luis Abraham Delgadillo, composer   

1890  Tommy Andrews, cricketer (NSW & Aussie player of the 1920's) on this day in history.   

1891  Emmy van Lokhorst, Dutch author on this day in history.   

1894  Social-Democratic Worker's party (SDAP) forms on this day in history.   

1894  PPH van Ham, general-major, dies in battle on Lombok on this day in history.   

1895  Electric central at Niagara Falls gives 1st steam on August - 26.   

1896  On August - 26 armenian revolutionairy assault on Ottoman Bank Constantinople   

1896  Richard Hammond, composer on August - 26.   

1898  On this day in history peggy Guggenheim, art patron & collector   

1899  Rufino Tamayo, Mexican painter on this day in history.   

1901  On this day in history gen Maxwell D Taylor, former US Army chief of staff   

1903  On this day in history phillies walk 17 Dodgers in a game   

1903  Jimmy Rushing, US blues singer on this day in history.   

1904  On this day in history christopher W Bradshaw-Isherwood, Brit/US writer (Goodbye to Berlin)   

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1469  On this day in history birth of ferdinand II of Naples (d. 1496)   

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

1596  On August - 26 birth of frederik V, king of Bohemia (White Mountain)   

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

1676  Robert Walpole, (Whig) British PM (1721-42) [NS=Sept 5] was born on this day in history.   

1687  Willem the Fesch, Dutch violinist/composer (Joseph) was born on this day in history.   

1694  On August - 26 birth of elisha Williams, American rector of Yale College (d. 1755)   

1726  On August - 26 birth of karl Kohaut, composer   

1278  On this day in history ottokar II, King of Bohemia (1253-78), dies in battle   

1346  Jan de Blinde, King of Bohemia/count of Luxemburg, dies in battle on August - 26.   

1349  On August - 26 death of thomas Bradwardine, Archbishop of Canterbury   

1368  Engelbrecht van der Mark, prince-Bishop of Luik (1345-64), dies on this day in history.   

1486  Ernst I, ruler of Saxon (1464-86), dies at 45 on this day in history.   

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

1551  Death of Margareta Leijonhufvud, queen of Gustav I of Sweden (b. 1516) on August - 26.   

1572  On August - 26 death of petrus Ramus, French philosopher (b. 1515)