Historical Events In August - 26

1860  On August - 26 friedrich Silcher, composer, dies at 71   

1863  On August - 26 battle of Rocky Gap WV (White Sulphur Springs)   

1863  John Buchanan Floyd, US min of War (1857-60)/Confederate general, dies on August - 26.   

1865  Johann F Encke, German astronomer (Comet Encke), dies at 73 on August - 26.   

1869  On this day in history henri Leys, Flemish painter, dies at 54   

1870  Aleksander Kuprin, Russian author (Pojedinok) [NS=Sept 7] on August - 26.   

1873  On this day in history the first US public kindergarten is authorized in St. Louis, MO.   

1873  On August - 26 1st free kindergarten in the U.S. started by Susan Blow in Carondelet, a suburb of St. Louis, Missouri   

1873  On this day in history lee De Forest, Council Bluffs, inventor (Audion vacuum (radio) tube)   

1873  On August - 26 carl Wilhelm, composer, dies at 57   

1874  On this day in history 16 blacks lynched in Tennessee   

1875  On August - 26 the birth of John Buchan, Scottish author   

1875  On August - 26 john Buchan, Scotland, Gov-Gen of Canada/writer (Battle of Somme)   

1880  Guillaume Apollinaire, France, poet/movie critic (Alcoola) on this day in history.   

1882  James Franck, German naturalist (Nobel 1925) on this day in history.   

1883  Krakatoa erupts with increasingly large explosions kills 36,000 on this day in history.   

1883  On August - 26 the Indonesian island of Krakatoa explodes, spewing volcanic ash and debris 50 miles into the air and killing 36,000 people many from tidal waves over 100 feet high.   

1883  -27] Krakatoa erupts with increasingly large explosions kills 36,000 on this day in history.   

1884  Earl Biggers, author ("Charlie Chan" detective series) on August - 26.   

1885  On August - 26 jules Romains, France, novelist/playwright/poet (Men of Good Will)   

1887  Luis Abraham Delgadillo, composer on this day in history.   

1890  On August - 26 tommy Andrews, cricketer (NSW & Aussie player of the 1920's)   

1891  On August - 26 emmy van Lokhorst, Dutch author   

1894  Social-Democratic Worker's party (SDAP) forms on this day in history.   

1894  PPH van Ham, general-major, dies in battle on Lombok on August - 26.   

1895  Electric central at Niagara Falls gives 1st steam on this day in history.   

1896  Armenian revolutionairy assault on Ottoman Bank Constantinople on this day in history.   

1896  Richard Hammond, composer on this day in history.   

1898  On this day in history peggy Guggenheim, art patron & collector   

1899  On August - 26 rufino Tamayo, Mexican painter   

1901  On August - 26 gen Maxwell D Taylor, former US Army chief of staff   

1903  On this day in history phillies walk 17 Dodgers in a game   

1903  On this day in history jimmy Rushing, US blues singer   

1904  On August - 26 christopher W Bradshaw-Isherwood, Brit/US writer (Goodbye to Berlin)   

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1469  On this day in history birth of ferdinand II of Naples (d. 1496)   

1540  On August - 26 birth of king Magnus of Livonia (d. 1583)   

1596  Frederik V, king of Bohemia (White Mountain) was born on August - 26.   

1627  On August - 26 birth of thomas Bullis, composer   

1676  On this day in history birth of robert Walpole, (Whig) British PM (1721-42) [NS=Sept 5]   

1687  Willem the Fesch, Dutch violinist/composer (Joseph) was born on this day in history.   

1694  Elisha Williams, American rector of Yale College (d. 1755) was born on this day in history.   

1726  On this day in history birth of karl Kohaut, composer   

1278  On this day in history ottokar II, King of Bohemia (1253-78), dies in battle   

1346  Jan de Blinde, King of Bohemia/count of Luxemburg, dies in battle on August - 26.   

1349  Death of Thomas Bradwardine, Archbishop of Canterbury on August - 26.   

1368  On this day in history engelbrecht van der Mark, prince-Bishop of Luik (1345-64), dies   

1486  Ernst I, ruler of Saxon (1464-86), dies at 45 on August - 26.   

1518  On this day in history death of giberto X, Italian mister of Correggio/husband of Veronica Gambara   

1551  On August - 26 death of margareta Leijonhufvud, queen of Gustav I of Sweden (b. 1516)   

1572  On this day in history death of petrus Ramus, French philosopher (b. 1515)