Page 3: Historical Events In October - 26

1858  On this day in history hamilton Smith patents rotary washing machine   

1858  On October - 26 isac Baker Woodbury, composer, dies at 39   

1859  On October - 26 the Royal Charter is wrecked on the coast of Anglesey, north Wales with 459 dead.   

1859  On October - 26 arthur Friedheim, composer   

1861  On October - 26 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 this day in history.   

1863  Worldwide Red Cross organized in Geneva on October - 26.   

1863  On this day in history soccer rules standardized; rugby starts as a separate game   

1864  On October - 26 union troops ambush & kill 'Bloody' Bill Anderson in Richmond MI   

1864  Joseph Moorat, composer on October - 26.   

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

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

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

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

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

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 October - 26.   

1874  On October - 26 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 October - 26.   

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

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

1881  Shootout at the OK corral, in Tombstone, Az on October - 26.   

1881  On October - 26 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  Modest Mussorgsky's "A Night on Bald Mountain," premieres in Russia on October - 26.   

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 this day in history.   

1888  E Runar Schildt, Finnish writer (Segrande Eros) on October - 26.   

1890  On October - 26 collodi, [Carlo Lorenzini], Italian writer (Pinocchio), dies   

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

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

1609  William Sprague, English co-founder of Charlestown, Massachusetts (d. 1675) was born on October - 26.   

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

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 this day in history.   

1132  On October - 26 death of floris the Black, brother of earl Dirk VI of Holland, murdered   

1235  Andres II Arpad, King of Hungary (1205-35), dies on October - 26.   

1440  On October - 26 death of gilles de Rais, French marshal, killer of 140 children, hanged   

1576  Frederick II the Vrome, ruler of Palts, dies on October - 26.   

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

1608  On this day in history juan Pantoja de la Cruz, Spanish royal painter, dies   

1633  On this day in history death of horio Tadaharu, Japanese warlord (b. 1596)