Historical Events In October - 26

1858  Hamilton Smith patents rotary washing machine on this day in history.   

1858  On this day in history isac Baker Woodbury, composer, dies at 39   

1859  The Royal Charter is wrecked on the coast of Anglesey, north Wales with 459 dead on this day in history.   

1859  Arthur Friedheim, composer on this day in history.   

1861  Pony Express ends on October - 26.   

1861  On October - 26 richard D Sears, Boston, tennis champ, US Open (1881)   

1863  On October - 26 football Association forms in England, standardizing soccer   

1863  On this day in history worldwide Red Cross organized in Geneva   

1863  Soccer rules standardized; rugby starts as a separate game on this day in history.   

1864  Union troops ambush & kill 'Bloody' Bill Anderson in Richmond MI on this day in history.   

1864  Joseph Moorat, composer on October - 26.   

1867  John Fawcett, composer, dies at 77 on October - 26.   

1868  White terrorists kill several blacks in St Bernard Parish La on October - 26.   

1868  B F Randolph, SC state senator, assassinated on this day in history.   

1869  The first American steeplechase horserace (Westchester, NY) on October - 26.   

1869  1st American steeplechase horserace (Westchester, NY) on October - 26.   

1871  On October - 26 hermann Lohr, composer   

1873  Thorvald Stauning, Denmark, PM (1924-26, 1929-42) on this day in history.   

1874  All Grand Trunk Railway lines east of Montreal, 542 miles, are converted from 5' 6" to standard gauge on October - 26.   

1874  On this day in history peter Cornelius, German composer, dies at 49   

1875  H[arry] B[yron] Warner, London England, actor (King of Kings) on this day in history.   

1876  President sends federal troops to SC on this day in history.   

1878  Australian bushranger Ned Kelly shoots and kills three police officers at Stringybark Creek, Victoria on this day in history.   

1879  On October - 26 the birth of Leon Trotsky, Communist leader   

1879  On October - 26 leon Trotsky, Russian revolutionary (pres of 1st Soviet) [OS]   

1881  On October - 26 shootout at the OK corral, in Tombstone, Az   

1881  Gunfight at OK Corral, in Tombstone, Az on October - 26.   

1881  Margaret Wycherly, London England, actress (Keeper of the Flame) on this day in history.   

1881  Billy Clanton, brother of Ike, dies on this day in history.   

1886  On October - 26 modest Mussorgsky's "A Night on Bald Mountain," premieres in Russia   

1886  Gustav Hermann Unger, composer on this day in history.   

1887  Detroit (NL) beats St Louis (AA) 10 games to 5 in World Series on October - 26.   

1888  E Runar Schildt, Finnish writer (Segrande Eros) on this day in history.   

1890  Collodi, [Carlo Lorenzini], Italian writer (Pinocchio), dies on October - 26.   

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1427  On October - 26 birth of archduke Sigismund of Austria (d. 1496)   

1466  On October - 26 birth of desiderius Erasmus, Holland, scholar/author (In Praise of Folly)   

1473  On this day in history birth of friedrich of Saxony (d. 1510)   

1483  On October - 26 birth of hans Buchner, composer   

1491  On October - 26 birth of zhengde, Emperor of China (d. 1521)   

1609  On October - 26 birth of william Sprague, English co-founder of Charlestown, Massachusetts (d. 1675)   

1645  Aert de Gelder, Dutch painter (King David) was born on October - 26.   

1673  On October - 26 birth of dimitrie Cantemir, Romanians historian/monarch of Moldova (1710-11)   

0899  Alfred the Great, writer/king of Wessex (871-99), dies on October - 26.   

1132  On this day in history death of floris the Black, brother of earl Dirk VI of Holland, murdered   

1235  On this day in history andres II Arpad, King of Hungary (1205-35), dies   

1440  On this day in history death of gilles de Rais, French marshal, killer of 140 children, hanged   

1576  Frederick II the Vrome, ruler of Palts, dies on this day in history.   

1607  On this day in history philipp Nicolai, German Lutherian theologist/poet/composer, dies at 52   

1608  On October - 26 juan Pantoja de la Cruz, Spanish royal painter, dies   

1633  Death of Horio Tadaharu, Japanese warlord (b. 1596) on October - 26.