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  Expulsion of tea ships from Philadelphia on December - 26.   

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  Juan Lovera, Venezuela, artist on December - 26.   

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 December - 26.   

1792  On December - 26 the final trial of Louis XVI of France begins in Paris.   

1792  On this day in history charles Babbage, English inventor (calculating machine)   

1793  On this day in history battle of Geisberg: French defeat Austrians.   

1793  On December - 26 franz Hunten, composer   

1797  Hans Skramstad, composer on this day in history.   

1797  On December - 26 john Wilkes, English journalist/Higher/Lower house leader, dies at 72   

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

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 this day in history the Treaty of Pressburg December 26 ends hostilities between France and Austria   

1805  France & Austria signs Peace of Pressburg on this day in history.   

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

1808  Albert Grisar, composer on December - 26.   

1809  On December - 26 english invasionary troop leaves Vlissingen   

1809  William Nelson Pendleton, Brig Gen (Confederate Army), died in 1883 on December - 26.   

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 this day in history.   

1812  On this day in history wilhelm Volkmar, composer   

1813  Zamose, Modlin, Torgau surrenders to allied armies on December - 26.   

1815  Israel Bush Richardson, Mjr General (Union volunteers), died in 1862 on this day in history.   

1820  Gustavus Adolphus Smith, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1885 on December - 26.   

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

1824  Augustus Louis Chetlain, Mjr General (Union volunteers), died in 1914 on this day in history.   

1825  On this day in history erie Canal opens   

1826  Franz Coenen, composer on this day in history.   

1827  On this day in history 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  Frederick II, Iesi Italy, German Emperor (1212-1250)/King of Sicily was born on December - 26.   

1532  On December - 26 birth of guilielmus Xylander, German classical scholar (d. 1576)   

1536  Yi I, Korean Confucian scholar (d. 1584) was born on December - 26.   

1542  Tokugawa Ieyasu, unifier of Japan and first Tokugawa Shogun (d. 1616) was born on December - 26.   

1618  On this day in history birth of elisabeth, Paltsgravin of Rhine/abbess   

1633  Charles E Biset, Flemish painter, baptised was born on December - 26.   

1646  Robert Bolling, English settler in Virginia (d. 1709) was born on this day in history.   

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

0267  On this day in history dionysius, bishop of Rome/saint, dies   

0268  On this day in history death of pope Dionysius   

1350  On this day in history death of jean de Marigny, French bishop   

1458  Death of Arthur III, Duke of Brittany (b. 1393) on this day in history.   

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

1530  Zahir al-Din Mohammed Babur Shah, founder Mogols-dynasty, dies at 47 on December - 26.   

1574  On December - 26 charles Guise, archbishop/cardinal of Reims, dies at 50   

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