Historical Events In October - 26
Saturday, 07 September 2024
1740 Ernest Louis Muller, composer on this day in history.
1749 On October - 26 georgia Colony reverses itself & rules slavery is legal
1749 Louis-Nicholas Clerambault, French composer/organist, dies at 72 on October - 26.
1756 On this day in history johann Theodor Romhild, composer, dies at 72
1758 On October - 26 louis-Charles-Joseph Rey, composer
1759 On this day in history georges Danton, France, revolutionary leader/min of Justice
1774 On this day in history the First Continental Congress adjourns in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
1774 On this day in history 1st Continental Congress adjourns in Philadelphia
1776 Benjamin Franklin departed from America for France on a mission to seek French support for the American Revolution on October - 26.
1787 On October - 26 "Federalist Papers" published, calls for ratification of Constitution
1789 On this day in history joseph Mayseder, composer
1791 Charles Sprague, Boston, banker/poet (Curiosity) on this day in history.
1795 On this day in history pinckney's Treaty between Spain & US is signed, establishing southern boundary of US & giving Americans right to send goods down Mississippi
1795 Nicolaos Mantzaros, composer on October - 26.
1800 On October - 26 helmuth K B von Moltke, Prussian general-fieldmarshal
1804 On this day in history lorenzo Thomas, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1875
1810 On October - 26 uS annexes western Florida
1813 Henry Thomas Smart, composer on this day in history.
1814 On this day in history british governor-general of India declares war on Gurkhas of Nepal.
1818 Stefano Golinelli, composer on this day in history.
1822 King Willem I obligates inhabitants of Brussels to use Dutch language on October - 26.
1823 On this day in history karl Weinhold, German sociologist
1823 On this day in history josef Preindl, composer, dies at 67
1824 Arthur Middleton Manigault, Brig General (Confederate Army) on this day in history.
1825 The Erie Canal, connecting Lake Erie and the Hudson River in upstate New York, opens on October - 26.
1825 Erie Canal between Hudson River & Lake Erie opened on October - 26.
1830 Belgian rebels occupy Antwerp on October - 26.
1830 Polibo Fumagalli, composer on October - 26.
1837 On this day in history james Lawlor Kiernan, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1869
1843 On this day in history vasili V Vereshchagin, Russian painter (War & Peace)
1845 On October - 26 hendrick Waelput, Flemish composer/conductor (Forest, Stella)
1848 Vissarion G Belinski, Russian literature critic, dies on this day in history.
1854 On this day in history august T C Kiehl, Dutch actor (Pearl of Zaandam)
1855 On October - 26 charles Post, who had a way with breakfast cereals (Post Cereals)
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