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Sunday, 26 May 2013
1750 Johan V, King of Portugal, dies on this day in history. Share it »
1751 Fire in Stockholm destroys 1,000 houses on this day in history. Share it »
1763 James Kent, Fredericksburgh NY, legal scholar (Columbia), dies on this day in history. Share it »
1767 On this day in history amelie Julia Candielle, composer Share it »
1771 On this day in history paul Potters "Great ossendrift" sold for Ÿ9050 in Amsterdam Share it »
1774 Joseph Priestley discovers oxygen on this day in history. Share it »
1777 On this day in history marquis de Lafayette, 19, made major-general of Continental Army Share it »
1784 On this day in history denis Diderot, French writer/philosopher (Jacques le fataliste), dies Share it »
1790 On this day in history the first US patent granted, to Samuel Hopkins for a potash process Share it »
1790 1st US patent granted, to Samuel Hopkins for a potash process on this day in history. Share it »
1790 On this day in history johann Christian Frischmuth, composer, dies at 48 Share it »
1792 On this day in history cornerstone laid for 1st US govt building: US Mint in Phila Share it »
1794 On this day in history all Jacobijnse clubs together in Haarlem Share it »
1795 Jose B da Gama, Portuguese poet (East Uraguay), dies at 54 on this day in history. Share it »
1803 On this day in history john Ericsson, US, inventor (screw propeller)/shipbuilder-USS Monitor Share it »
1808 On this day in history frederick Nichols Crouch, composer Share it »
1809 The first practical US railroad track (wooden, for horse-drawn cars), Phila on this day in history. Share it »
1809 On this day in history 1st practical US railroad track (wooden, for horse-drawn cars), Phila Share it »
1811 On this day in history miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, Mexican hero priest, executed by Spanish Share it »
1813 British invade Plattsburgh, NY on this day in history. Share it »
1813 British invade Plattsburgh NY on this day in history. Share it »
1815 On this day in history commodore Stephen Decatur concludes agreement with Bey of Tunis to compensate U.S. for seizure of merchant ships during the War of 1812. Share it »
1816 On this day in history george Henry Thomas, Major General (Union Army), died in 1870 Share it »
1817 On this day in history philip Cook Jr, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1894 Share it »
1818 Heinrich Kiepert, German cartographer/geographer on this day in history. Share it »
1825 On this day in history thomas Hart Taylor, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1901 Share it »
1828 On this day in history francois Auguste Gevaert, Belgian composer (Le diable au moulin) Share it »
1830 Charles X of France resigns by force on this day in history. Share it »
1830 On this day in history frantisek Zdenek Xavier Alois Skuhersky, composer Share it »
1834 Peter H Hugenholtz, Dutch reformer/founder (Free Parish) on this day in history. Share it »
1837 William Clarke Quantrill, Col (Confederate Army), died in 1865 on this day in history. Share it »
1841 George Melville, polar explorer, naval engineer on this day in history. Share it »
1844 On this day in history ignazio Guidi, Italian orientalist/archaeologist Share it »
1847 Ignatio Cervantes, composer on this day in history. Share it »
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