Page 3: Historical Events In August - 26

1860  Friedrich Silcher, composer, dies at 71 on this day in history.   

1863  On this day in history battle of Rocky Gap WV (White Sulphur Springs)   

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

1865  On this day in history johann F Encke, German astronomer (Comet Encke), dies at 73   

1869  On August - 26 henri Leys, Flemish painter, dies at 54   

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

1873  The first US public kindergarten is authorized in St. Louis, MO on this day in history.   

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 August - 26.   

1873  Carl Wilhelm, composer, dies at 57 on August - 26.   

1874  16 blacks lynched in Tennessee on this day in history.   

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

1875  On August - 26 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 August - 26.   

1883  Krakatoa erupts with increasingly large explosions kills 36,000 on August - 26.   

1883  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 on this day in history.   

1883  -27] Krakatoa erupts with increasingly large explosions kills 36,000 on this day in history.   

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

1885  On August - 26 jules Romains, France, novelist/playwright/poet (Men of Good Will)   

1887  On this day in history luis Abraham Delgadillo, composer   

1890  On August - 26 tommy Andrews, cricketer (NSW & Aussie player of the 1920's)   

1891  On August - 26 emmy van Lokhorst, Dutch author   

1894  On August - 26 social-Democratic Worker's party (SDAP) forms   

1894  PPH van Ham, general-major, dies in battle on Lombok on August - 26.   

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

1896  Armenian revolutionairy assault on Ottoman Bank Constantinople on this day in history.   

1896  On this day in history richard Hammond, composer   

1898  On August - 26 peggy Guggenheim, art patron & collector   

1899  On this day in history rufino Tamayo, Mexican painter   

1901  On August - 26 gen Maxwell D Taylor, former US Army chief of staff   

1903  Phillies walk 17 Dodgers in a game on this day in history.   

1903  On this day in history jimmy Rushing, US blues singer   

1904  On August - 26 christopher W Bradshaw-Isherwood, Brit/US writer (Goodbye to Berlin)   

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1469  On August - 26 birth of ferdinand II of Naples (d. 1496)   

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

1596  On this day in history birth of frederik V, king of Bohemia (White Mountain)   

1627  Thomas Bullis, composer was born on this day in history.   

1676  On August - 26 birth of robert Walpole, (Whig) British PM (1721-42) [NS=Sept 5]   

1687  On August - 26 birth of willem the Fesch, Dutch violinist/composer (Joseph)   

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  Ottokar II, King of Bohemia (1253-78), dies in battle on August - 26.   

1346  Jan de Blinde, King of Bohemia/count of Luxemburg, dies in battle on this day in history.   

1349  Death of Thomas Bradwardine, Archbishop of Canterbury on this day in history.   

1368  Engelbrecht van der Mark, prince-Bishop of Luik (1345-64), dies on August - 26.   

1486  Ernst I, ruler of Saxon (1464-86), dies at 45 on August - 26.   

1518  Death of Giberto X, Italian mister of Correggio/husband of Veronica Gambara on August - 26.   

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 this day in history.