Historical Events In August - 26
Monday, 23 May 2022
1726 Karl Kohaut, composer on August - 26.
1740 The birth of Joseph Montgolfier, With his brother invented the hot air balloon on this day in history.
1740 On August - 26 joseph-Michel Montgolfier, France, aeronaut (ballooning)
1743 On August - 26 antoine-Laurent Lavoisier, Paris, father of mod chemistry (Oxygen)
1745 England, Prussia & Hannover sign treaty on this day in history.
1745 Francois Guichard, composer on this day in history.
1748 On August - 26 the first Lutheran denomination in North America, the Pennsylvania Ministerium, is founded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
1749 Johann Ernst Rembt, composer on this day in history.
1770 On August - 26 domingos dos Reis Quita, Portuguese playwright/poet, dies at 42
1778 On this day in history the first recorded ascent of Triglav, the highest mountain in Slovenia.
1788 On this day in history aloys Schmitt, German music theory/composer/royal pianist
1791 John Fitch grants US patent for his working steamboat on this day in history.
1794 French troops occupy Lock on this day in history.
1811 On this day in history danville Leadbetter, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1866
1813 Nicaise de Keyser, Flemish painter (Battle of Guilder Tracks) on August - 26.
1813 On August - 26 daniel Gottlob Turk, composer, dies at 63
1819 Albert "Bertie" von Saksen-Coburg-Gotha, husband of queen Victoria on this day in history.
1820 On this day in history james Harlan, (Rep-Iowa)/US Secretary of Interior (1865-66)
1823 Wilhelm Troszel, composer on this day in history.
1825 Jacobus J Backer, German sea historian on this day in history.
1828 Erik Anthon Valdemar Siboni, composer on this day in history.
1832 On this day in history henryk Klein, composer, dies at 96
1833 Charles Jackson Paine, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers) on this day in history.
1835 On this day in history theodore Washington Brevard, Brig General (Confederate Army)
1839 On this day in history the ship Amistad is captured off Long Island.
1842 On this day in history heinrich I Quincke, German internist (Lumbaalpunctie)
1843 On this day in history charles Thurber patents a typewriter
1843 George August Lumbye, composer on this day in history.
1846 On this day in history w A Bartlett appointed first US mayor of Yerba Buena (SF)
1846 Felix Mendelssohn's "Elijah," premieres on this day in history.
1847 On this day in history liberia becomes an independent republic.
1849 On August - 26 jacques-Fereol Mazas, composer, dies at 66
1850 On this day in history charles Richet, French physiologist (anaphylaxis-Nobel 1913)
1858 First news dispatch by telegraph on August - 26.
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