Historical Events In June - 26
Saturday, 07 September 2024
1794 On June - 26 battle of Colors: France under Jourdan beats Austrian army
1797 Charles Newbold patents first cast-iron plow. Farmers fear the effects of the iron on the soil on June - 26.
1797 Charles Newbold patents 1st cast-iron plow. He can't sell it to farmers, though, they fear effects of iron on soil! on this day in history.
1798 Eugene Godecharle, composer, dies at 56 on this day in history.
1807 Lightning hits gunpowder warehouse in Luxembourg; 230 die on this day in history.
1819 On this day in history the birth of Abner Doubleday, Publisher
1819 On June - 26 abner Doubleday, Mjr Gen (Union)/inventor (baseball) [or 1/26]
1819 On June - 26 johann Wilhelm Stadler, composer, dies at 71
1821 On June - 26 bartolomé Mitre, Argentine general
1823 Frederick Bowen Jewson, composer on June - 26.
1824 The birth of Lord Kelvin, British Physicist on June - 26.
1824 On June - 26 kelvin, [William Thomson], British physicist (Kelvin Scale)
1827 On June - 26 christian A Vulpius, German writer (Ornaldo Ornaldini), dies
1831 Julius Rodenberg, [Levy], German writer (Kriegs-Songs of War & Peace) on June - 26.
1836 On June - 26 claude-Joseph Rouget de Lisle, author/composer (Marseillaise), dies
1837 On this day in history martin Davis Hardin II, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1923
1843 Hong Kong proclaimed a British Crown Colony on June - 26.
1844 On this day in history uS pres John Tyler marries Julia Gardiner in NYC
1846 In London England, British protectionists repeal Corn Laws to raise price of wheat for British farmers; rioting in the streets; British property values fall 50%, and the Canadas will soon feel the effects on June - 26.
1848 1st pure food law enacted in US on June - 26.
1854 Robert Laird Borden, (C), 8th Canadian PM (1911-20) on this day in history.
1857 Off Cap Rouge Quebec, the Steamer Montreal catches fire and sinks in 15 minutes in the St. Lawrence; left Quebec City at 5 pm a day earlier; 253 lives lost, mostly Scottish immigrants on their way to the west on June - 26.
1857 62 receive Victoria Cross on June - 26.
1862 Battle of Beaver Dam Creek-Union repulse Confederacy in Virginia on this day in history.
1862 Day 2 of the 7 Days-Battle of Mechanicsville on this day in history.
1862 Battle of Beaver Dam Creek-Union repulses Confederacy in Virginia on June - 26.
1863 On June - 26 andrew Hull Foote, US Union lt admiral, dies
1865 On this day in history bernard Berenson, art critic (Italian Painters of the Renaissance)
1866 On June - 26 josef Swickard, Coblenz Germany, actor (Lost City, Tale of 2 Cities)
1870 On June - 26 first section of Atlantic City (NJ) Boardwalk opens
1870 On June - 26 1st section of Atlantic City (NJ) Boardwalk opens
1874 On this day in history albert Relf, cricketer (England all-rounder in 13 Tests 1903-14)
1875 On June - 26 camille Zeckwer, composer
1876 Nico[laas P] de Jong, Dutch radio play actor (Laughter & Tears) on this day in history.
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