Page 2: Historical Events In December - 26

1762  On December - 26 franz Wilhelm Tausch, composer   

1770  Pierre earl de Cambronne, French general (Waterloo, Elba) on December - 26.   

1771  On December - 26 heinrich J von Collin, Austria dramatist/poet (Regulus)   

1773  On December - 26 expulsion of tea ships from Philadelphia   

1776  Battle of Trenton-major British defeat on December - 26.   

1776  Johann Gottlieb Rall, Hessian colonel/mercenary, dies in battle on this day in history.   

1778  On this day in history juan Lovera, Venezuela, artist   

1791  In the British parlimentLondon England, British PM William Pitt passes the Constitutional Act, dividing Quebec along the Ottawa River, into Upper and Lower Canada, on this day in history.   

1792  On this day in history the final trial of Louis XVI of France begins in Paris.   

1792  Charles Babbage, English inventor (calculating machine) on December - 26.   

1793  Battle of Geisberg: French defeat Austrians on this day in history.   

1793  Franz Hunten, composer on December - 26.   

1797  Hans Skramstad, composer on December - 26.   

1797  John Wilkes, English journalist/Higher/Lower house leader, dies at 72 on this day in history.   

1799  George Washington is eulogized by Colonel Henry Lee as "1st in war, first in peace & first in the hearts of his countrymen" on December - 26.   

1799  On this day in history george Washington is eulogized by Col Henry Lee as "1st in war, 1st in peace & 1st in hearts of his countrymen"   

1805  On this day in history pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts established, Philadelphia   

1805  On December - 26 the Treaty of Pressburg December 26 ends hostilities between France and Austria   

1805  On this day in history france & Austria signs Peace of Pressburg   

1805  On this day in history joseph-Leon Gatayes, composer   

1808  Albert Grisar, composer on this day in history.   

1809  English invasionary troop leaves Vlissingen on this day in history.   

1809  On December - 26 william Nelson Pendleton, Brig Gen (Confederate Army), died in 1883   

1811  A theater fire in Richmond, Virginia kills the Governor of Virginia George William Smith and the president of the First National Bank of Virginia Abraham B. Venable on December - 26.   

1812  Wilhelm Volkmar, composer on this day in history.   

1813  On December - 26 zamose, Modlin, Torgau surrenders to allied armies   

1815  Israel Bush Richardson, Mjr General (Union volunteers), died in 1862 on December - 26.   

1820  Gustavus Adolphus Smith, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1885 on this day in history.   

1822  Dion Boucicault, Irish/Us actor/playwright (Rip van Winkle) on December - 26.   

1824  On December - 26 augustus Louis Chetlain, Mjr General (Union volunteers), died in 1914   

1825  On December - 26 erie Canal opens   

1826  On December - 26 franz Coenen, composer   

1827  On December - 26 jan David Holland, composer, dies at 81   

1830  On this day in history gaetano Donizetti's opera "Anna Bolena," premieres in Milan   

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1194  On this day in history birth of frederick II, Iesi Italy, German Emperor (1212-1250)/King of Sicily   

1532  Guilielmus Xylander, German classical scholar (d. 1576) was born on December - 26.   

1536  On this day in history birth of yi I, Korean Confucian scholar (d. 1584)   

1542  On this day in history birth of tokugawa Ieyasu, unifier of Japan and first Tokugawa Shogun (d. 1616)   

1618  Elisabeth, Paltsgravin of Rhine/abbess was born on December - 26.   

1633  On this day in history birth of charles E Biset, Flemish painter, baptised   

1646  On December - 26 birth of robert Bolling, English settler in Virginia (d. 1709)   

1660  On December - 26 birth of peter Schenck, German/Neth engraver/publisher, baptised   

0267  On December - 26 dionysius, bishop of Rome/saint, dies   

0268  Death of Pope Dionysius on December - 26.   

1350  Death of Jean de Marigny, French bishop on December - 26.   

1458  On December - 26 death of arthur III, Duke of Brittany (b. 1393)   

1476  On this day in history death of galeazzo Maria Sforza, duke of Milan, murdered   

1530  On this day in history zahir al-Din Mohammed Babur Shah, founder Mogols-dynasty, dies at 47   

1574  On this day in history charles Guise, archbishop/cardinal of Reims, dies at 50   

1624  Simon Marius, astronomer, dies in Bavaria at 54 on this day in history.