Page 2: Historical Events In June - 26

1794  On June - 26 battle of Colors: France under Jourdan beats Austrian army   

1797  On this day in history charles Newbold patents first cast-iron plow. Farmers fear the effects of the iron on the soil   

1797  On June - 26 charles Newbold patents 1st cast-iron plow. He can't sell it to farmers, though, they fear effects of iron on soil!   

1798  On this day in history eugene Godecharle, composer, dies at 56   

1807  On this day in history lightning hits gunpowder warehouse in Luxembourg; 230 die   

1819  On this day in history the birth of Abner Doubleday, Publisher   

1819  Abner Doubleday, Mjr Gen (Union)/inventor (baseball) [or 1/26] on this day in history.   

1819  Johann Wilhelm Stadler, composer, dies at 71 on June - 26.   

1821  On this day in history bartolomé Mitre, Argentine general   

1823  Frederick Bowen Jewson, composer on this day in history.   

1824  The birth of Lord Kelvin, British Physicist on this day in history.   

1824  On June - 26 kelvin, [William Thomson], British physicist (Kelvin Scale)   

1827  Christian A Vulpius, German writer (Ornaldo Ornaldini), dies on June - 26.   

1831  Julius Rodenberg, [Levy], German writer (Kriegs-Songs of War & Peace) on this day in history.   

1836  Claude-Joseph Rouget de Lisle, author/composer (Marseillaise), dies on this day in history.   

1837  On June - 26 martin Davis Hardin II, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1923   

1843  On this day in history hong Kong proclaimed a British Crown Colony   

1844  US pres John Tyler marries Julia Gardiner in NYC on June - 26.   

1846  On this day in history in London England, British protectionists repeal Corn Laws to raise price of wheat for British farmers; rioting in the streets; British property values fall 50%, and the Canadas will soon feel the effects.   

1848  1st pure food law enacted in US on June - 26.   

1854  Robert Laird Borden, (C), 8th Canadian PM (1911-20) on June - 26.   

1857  Off Cap Rouge Quebec, the Steamer Montreal catches fire and sinks in 15 minutes in the St. Lawrence; left Quebec City at 5 pm a day earlier; 253 lives lost, mostly Scottish immigrants on their way to the west on June - 26.   

1857  62 receive Victoria Cross on this day in history.   

1862  On this day in history battle of Beaver Dam Creek-Union repulse Confederacy in Virginia   

1862  Day 2 of the 7 Days-Battle of Mechanicsville on this day in history.   

1862  Battle of Beaver Dam Creek-Union repulses Confederacy in Virginia on this day in history.   

1863  On June - 26 andrew Hull Foote, US Union lt admiral, dies   

1865  Bernard Berenson, art critic (Italian Painters of the Renaissance) on June - 26.   

1866  On June - 26 josef Swickard, Coblenz Germany, actor (Lost City, Tale of 2 Cities)   

1870  On June - 26 first section of Atlantic City (NJ) Boardwalk opens   

1870  1st section of Atlantic City (NJ) Boardwalk opens on this day in history.   

1874  Albert Relf, cricketer (England all-rounder in 13 Tests 1903-14) on this day in history.   

1875  On this day in history camille Zeckwer, composer   

1876  On this day in history nico[laas P] de Jong, Dutch radio play actor (Laughter & Tears)   

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1575  Anne Catherine of Brandenburg, queen of Denmark and Norway (d. 1612) was born on June - 26.   

1582  Johannes Schultz, composer was born on this day in history.   

1655  On this day in history birth of jean Deutz, merchant/Amsterdam regent   

1681  On June - 26 birth of hedwig Sophia, duchess of Holstein-Gottorp, Swedish writer (d. 1708)   

1689  On this day in history birth of edward Holyoke, American academic (d. 1769)   

1694  Georg Brandt, Swedish chemist and mineralogist (d. 1768) was born on this day in history.   

1702  On this day in history birth of philip Doddridge, England, Dr/nonconformist clergyman   

1703  Thomas Clap, American academic (d. 1767) was born on June - 26.   

0363  Flavius C Julianus, [Apostata], emperor of Rome (361-63), dies on this day in history.   

1291  On this day in history death of eleanor of Provence, wife of Henry III of England   

1541  On this day in history death of francisco Pizarro, Spanish conqueror of Peru, assassinated in Lima   

1631  Justinus van Nassau, ltalian admiral (Armada), dies on June - 26.   

1657  Tobias Michael, composer, dies at 65 on this day in history.   

1661  Lazaro Valvasensi, composer, dies at 76 on June - 26.   

1666  On this day in history richard Fanshawe, diplomat/translator/poet, dies   

1688  Ralph Cudworth, philospher/cleric, dies on June - 26.