Historical Events In October - 26

1858  Hamilton Smith patents rotary washing machine on this day in history.   

1858  Isac Baker Woodbury, composer, dies at 39 on this day in history.   

1859  The Royal Charter is wrecked on the coast of Anglesey, north Wales with 459 dead on this day in history.   

1859  Arthur Friedheim, composer on this day in history.   

1861  On October - 26 pony Express ends   

1861  On October - 26 richard D Sears, Boston, tennis champ, US Open (1881)   

1863  Football Association forms in England, standardizing soccer on October - 26.   

1863  Worldwide Red Cross organized in Geneva on October - 26.   

1863  Soccer rules standardized; rugby starts as a separate game on this day in history.   

1864  On October - 26 union troops ambush & kill 'Bloody' Bill Anderson in Richmond MI   

1864  Joseph Moorat, composer on October - 26.   

1867  John Fawcett, composer, dies at 77 on this day in history.   

1868  On this day in history white terrorists kill several blacks in St Bernard Parish La   

1868  B F Randolph, SC state senator, assassinated on October - 26.   

1869  On October - 26 the first American steeplechase horserace (Westchester, NY)   

1869  1st American steeplechase horserace (Westchester, NY) on this day in history.   

1871  On October - 26 hermann Lohr, composer   

1873  On this day in history thorvald Stauning, Denmark, PM (1924-26, 1929-42)   

1874  All Grand Trunk Railway lines east of Montreal, 542 miles, are converted from 5' 6" to standard gauge on October - 26.   

1874  On October - 26 peter Cornelius, German composer, dies at 49   

1875  On this day in history h[arry] B[yron] Warner, London England, actor (King of Kings)   

1876  On this day in history president sends federal troops to SC   

1878  Australian bushranger Ned Kelly shoots and kills three police officers at Stringybark Creek, Victoria on October - 26.   

1879  On this day in history the birth of Leon Trotsky, Communist leader   

1879  On this day in history leon Trotsky, Russian revolutionary (pres of 1st Soviet) [OS]   

1881  On October - 26 shootout at the OK corral, in Tombstone, Az   

1881  On this day in history gunfight at OK Corral, in Tombstone, Az   

1881  Margaret Wycherly, London England, actress (Keeper of the Flame) on October - 26.   

1881  On this day in history billy Clanton, brother of Ike, dies   

1886  On this day in history modest Mussorgsky's "A Night on Bald Mountain," premieres in Russia   

1886  Gustav Hermann Unger, composer on October - 26.   

1887  Detroit (NL) beats St Louis (AA) 10 games to 5 in World Series on this day in history.   

1888  E Runar Schildt, Finnish writer (Segrande Eros) on October - 26.   

1890  On this day in history collodi, [Carlo Lorenzini], Italian writer (Pinocchio), dies   

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1427  Archduke Sigismund of Austria (d. 1496) was born on this day in history.   

1466  On this day in history birth of desiderius Erasmus, Holland, scholar/author (In Praise of Folly)   

1473  On this day in history birth of friedrich of Saxony (d. 1510)   

1483  Hans Buchner, composer was born on October - 26.   

1491  On October - 26 birth of zhengde, Emperor of China (d. 1521)   

1609  William Sprague, English co-founder of Charlestown, Massachusetts (d. 1675) was born on October - 26.   

1645  Aert de Gelder, Dutch painter (King David) was born on October - 26.   

1673  On October - 26 birth of dimitrie Cantemir, Romanians historian/monarch of Moldova (1710-11)   

0899  Alfred the Great, writer/king of Wessex (871-99), dies on this day in history.   

1132  On October - 26 death of floris the Black, brother of earl Dirk VI of Holland, murdered   

1235  On October - 26 andres II Arpad, King of Hungary (1205-35), dies   

1440  Death of Gilles de Rais, French marshal, killer of 140 children, hanged on this day in history.   

1576  On October - 26 frederick II the Vrome, ruler of Palts, dies   

1607  On this day in history philipp Nicolai, German Lutherian theologist/poet/composer, dies at 52   

1608  On this day in history juan Pantoja de la Cruz, Spanish royal painter, dies   

1633  Death of Horio Tadaharu, Japanese warlord (b. 1596) on October - 26.