Page 3: Historical Events In October - 26

1858  On October - 26 hamilton Smith patents rotary washing machine   

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

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

1859  Arthur Friedheim, composer on this day in history.   

1861  On this day in history pony Express ends   

1861  Richard D Sears, Boston, tennis champ, US Open (1881) on October - 26.   

1863  Football Association forms in England, standardizing soccer on October - 26.   

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

1863  Soccer rules standardized; rugby starts as a separate game on October - 26.   

1864  On this day in history union troops ambush & kill 'Bloody' Bill Anderson in Richmond MI   

1864  On October - 26 joseph Moorat, composer   

1867  On October - 26 john Fawcett, composer, dies at 77   

1868  On October - 26 white terrorists kill several blacks in St Bernard Parish La   

1868  On this day in history b F Randolph, SC state senator, assassinated   

1869  On this day in history the first American steeplechase horserace (Westchester, NY)   

1869  1st American steeplechase horserace (Westchester, NY) on this day in history.   

1871  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1874  On October - 26 peter Cornelius, German composer, dies at 49   

1875  On October - 26 h[arry] B[yron] Warner, London England, actor (King of Kings)   

1876  On October - 26 president sends federal troops to SC   

1878  On October - 26 australian bushranger Ned Kelly shoots and kills three police officers at Stringybark Creek, Victoria.   

1879  On this day in history the birth of Leon Trotsky, Communist leader   

1879  Leon Trotsky, Russian revolutionary (pres of 1st Soviet) [OS] on this day in history.   

1881  On this day in history shootout at the OK corral, in Tombstone, Az   

1881  On this day in history gunfight at OK Corral, in Tombstone, Az   

1881  Margaret Wycherly, London England, actress (Keeper of the Flame) on October - 26.   

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

1886  On this day in history modest Mussorgsky's "A Night on Bald Mountain," premieres in Russia   

1886  Gustav Hermann Unger, composer on October - 26.   

1887  On October - 26 detroit (NL) beats St Louis (AA) 10 games to 5 in World Series   

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

1890  On this day in history collodi, [Carlo Lorenzini], Italian writer (Pinocchio), dies   

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1427  Archduke Sigismund of Austria (d. 1496) was born on this day in history.   

1466  Desiderius Erasmus, Holland, scholar/author (In Praise of Folly) was born on October - 26.   

1473  On October - 26 birth of friedrich of Saxony (d. 1510)   

1483  Hans Buchner, composer was born on this day in history.   

1491  On this day in history birth of zhengde, Emperor of China (d. 1521)   

1609  William Sprague, English co-founder of Charlestown, Massachusetts (d. 1675) was born on this day in history.   

1645  On this day in history birth of aert de Gelder, Dutch painter (King David)   

1673  On this day in history birth of dimitrie Cantemir, Romanians historian/monarch of Moldova (1710-11)   

0899  On this day in history alfred the Great, writer/king of Wessex (871-99), dies   

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  Death of Gilles de Rais, French marshal, killer of 140 children, hanged on this day in history.   

1576  On October - 26 frederick II the Vrome, ruler of Palts, dies   

1607  On October - 26 philipp Nicolai, German Lutherian theologist/poet/composer, dies at 52   

1608  Juan Pantoja de la Cruz, Spanish royal painter, dies on October - 26.   

1633  On October - 26 death of horio Tadaharu, Japanese warlord (b. 1596)