Historical Events In August - 26
Sunday, 28 February 2021
1726 On this day in history karl Kohaut, composer
1740 On August - 26 the birth of Joseph Montgolfier, With his brother invented the hot air balloon
1740 On August - 26 joseph-Michel Montgolfier, France, aeronaut (ballooning)
1743 Antoine-Laurent Lavoisier, Paris, father of mod chemistry (Oxygen) on August - 26.
1745 England, Prussia & Hannover sign treaty on August - 26.
1745 Francois Guichard, composer on this day in history.
1748 The first Lutheran denomination in North America, the Pennsylvania Ministerium, is founded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on this day in history.
1749 On August - 26 johann Ernst Rembt, composer
1770 Domingos dos Reis Quita, Portuguese playwright/poet, dies at 42 on this day in history.
1778 On this day in history the first recorded ascent of Triglav, the highest mountain in Slovenia.
1788 Aloys Schmitt, German music theory/composer/royal pianist on this day in history.
1791 John Fitch grants US patent for his working steamboat on August - 26.
1794 On this day in history french troops occupy Lock
1811 Danville Leadbetter, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1866 on August - 26.
1813 On August - 26 nicaise de Keyser, Flemish painter (Battle of Guilder Tracks)
1813 Daniel Gottlob Turk, composer, dies at 63 on August - 26.
1819 On August - 26 albert "Bertie" von Saksen-Coburg-Gotha, husband of queen Victoria
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 On August - 26 jacobus J Backer, German sea historian
1828 On this day in history erik Anthon Valdemar Siboni, composer
1832 On this day in history henryk Klein, composer, dies at 96
1833 On August - 26 charles Jackson Paine, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)
1835 On August - 26 theodore Washington Brevard, Brig General (Confederate Army)
1839 The ship Amistad is captured off Long Island on August - 26.
1842 On this day in history heinrich I Quincke, German internist (Lumbaalpunctie)
1843 On August - 26 charles Thurber patents a typewriter
1843 On August - 26 george August Lumbye, composer
1846 W A Bartlett appointed first US mayor of Yerba Buena (SF) on this day in history.
1846 Felix Mendelssohn's "Elijah," premieres on this day in history.
1847 Liberia becomes an independent republic on August - 26.
1849 On this day in history jacques-Fereol Mazas, composer, dies at 66
1850 On August - 26 charles Richet, French physiologist (anaphylaxis-Nobel 1913)
1858 First news dispatch by telegraph on this day in history.
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