Page 2: Historical Events In August - 26

1726  On August - 26 karl Kohaut, composer   

1740  On August - 26 the birth of Joseph Montgolfier, With his brother invented the hot air balloon   

1740  Joseph-Michel Montgolfier, France, aeronaut (ballooning) on August - 26.   

1743  On August - 26 antoine-Laurent Lavoisier, Paris, father of mod chemistry (Oxygen)   

1745  England, Prussia & Hannover sign treaty on this day in history.   

1745  Francois Guichard, composer on this day in history.   

1748  On August - 26 the first Lutheran denomination in North America, the Pennsylvania Ministerium, is founded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.   

1749  On this day in history johann Ernst Rembt, composer   

1770  Domingos dos Reis Quita, Portuguese playwright/poet, dies at 42 on this day in history.   

1778  The first recorded ascent of Triglav, the highest mountain in Slovenia on August - 26.   

1788  Aloys Schmitt, German music theory/composer/royal pianist on August - 26.   

1791  On August - 26 john Fitch grants US patent for his working steamboat   

1794  On this day in history french troops occupy Lock   

1811  Danville Leadbetter, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1866 on this day in history.   

1813  On August - 26 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 this day in history.   

1820  On this day in history james Harlan, (Rep-Iowa)/US Secretary of Interior (1865-66)   

1823  On this day in history 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  Henryk Klein, composer, dies at 96 on August - 26.   

1833  Charles Jackson Paine, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers) on this day in history.   

1835  On August - 26 theodore Washington Brevard, Brig General (Confederate Army)   

1839  The ship Amistad is captured off Long Island on August - 26.   

1842  On this day in history heinrich I Quincke, German internist (Lumbaalpunctie)   

1843  On August - 26 charles Thurber patents a typewriter   

1843  On August - 26 george August Lumbye, composer   

1846  W A Bartlett appointed first US mayor of Yerba Buena (SF) on this day in history.   

1846  On this day in history felix Mendelssohn's "Elijah," premieres   

1847  On this day in history liberia becomes an independent republic.   

1849  On this day in history jacques-Fereol Mazas, composer, dies at 66   

1850  Charles Richet, French physiologist (anaphylaxis-Nobel 1913) on August - 26.   

1858  On August - 26 first news dispatch by telegraph.   

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

1540  On August - 26 birth of king Magnus of Livonia (d. 1583)   

1596  Frederik V, king of Bohemia (White Mountain) was born on August - 26.   

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

1676  On this day in history birth of robert Walpole, (Whig) British PM (1721-42) [NS=Sept 5]   

1687  Willem the Fesch, Dutch violinist/composer (Joseph) was born on August - 26.   

1694  Elisha Williams, American rector of Yale College (d. 1755) was born on August - 26.   

1726  On this day in history 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 this day in history death of thomas Bradwardine, Archbishop of Canterbury   

1368  On August - 26 engelbrecht van der Mark, prince-Bishop of Luik (1345-64), dies   

1486  On this day in history ernst I, ruler of Saxon (1464-86), dies at 45   

1518  Death of Giberto X, Italian mister of Correggio/husband of Veronica Gambara on this day in history.   

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

1572  Death of Petrus Ramus, French philosopher (b. 1515) on August - 26.