Page 3: Historical Events In April - 26
Sunday, 13 July 2025
1835 Frederic Chopins "Grand Polonaise Brillante," premieres in Paris on this day in history.
1836 On April - 26 erminnie Adelle Platt, US, ethnologist (Iriquois-English Dictionary)
1839 Cyrus Hamblin, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1867 on April - 26.
1841 On April - 26 "Bombay Gazette" begins publishing on silk
1841 On this day in history wilhelm Scherer, German literature historian
1853 Dutch King William III disbands 2nd Chamber on April - 26.
1855 On this day in history composer Gioacchino Rossini leaves Italy
1860 Founding of the Second Battalion Volunteer Militia Rifles of Canada from six independent militia units; later the Queen's Own Rifles of Canada, oldest regiment in the Canadian Armed Forces on April - 26.
1860 On April - 26 alphonse M A J Ariëns, Dutch pastor
1861 G Schiaparelli discovers asteroid #69 Hesperia on this day in history.
1863 On April - 26 arno Holz, writer
1865 A De Gasparis discovers asteroid #83 Beatrix on this day in history.
1865 On this day in history gen Joseph E Johnston surrenders the Army of Tennessee, at Durham, NC
1865 John Wilkes Booth assassin, is shot dead near Bowling Green, VA on this day in history.
1865 Battle of Durham Station, NC (Greensboro) on April - 26.
1865 On this day in history charles J Sax, Belgian inventor (saxophone), dies at 74
1868 On this day in history harold Sidney Harmsworth, 1st Viscount Rothermere/Newspaper publisher
1873 Otto zur Linde, German author (Charon) on this day in history.
1874 On this day in history j H "Biddy" Anderson, cricketer (one Test S Africa v Australia 1902)
1875 First scheduled train over the Prince Edward Island Railway from Charlottetown to Georgetown on April - 26.
1875 Syngman Rhee, South Korea, pres of South Korea (1948-60) [or Mar 26] on April - 26.
1876 J Perrotin discovers asteroid #163 Erigone on April - 26.
1878 Ethel Griffies, actress (Billy Liar, Birds, We Live Again) on April - 26.
1879 Owen Williams Richardson, England, physicist (Nobel 1928) on April - 26.
1880 On this day in history mikhail Fokine, Russia, choreographer/founder of modern dance
1884 J Palisa discovers asteroid #236 Honoria on April - 26.
1884 On April - 26 harry Sothern, actor (Dr Huer-Buck Rogers)
1886 Ma Rainey, [Gertrude Pridgett], "Mother of the Blues on April - 26.
1887 Cardston, Alberta Joseph Ora Card and a small group of Mormons found the community that will become Cardston, Alberta; on April - 26.
1887 On this day in history huntsville Electric Co established to sell electricity
1887 On this day in history huntsville Electric Co forms to sell electricity
1888 Aleksandr Mikhailov, USSR, astronomer on this day in history.
1889 Ludwig Wittgenstein, Austria, philosopher (Tractatus) on this day in history.
1890 On this day in history henry Morton Stanley inaugurated in London
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