Page 2: Historical Events In August - 26

1726  On August - 26 karl Kohaut, composer   

1740  On August - 26 the birth of Joseph Montgolfier, With his brother invented the hot air balloon   

1740  On this day in history 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  On August - 26 francois Guichard, composer   

1748  The first Lutheran denomination in North America, the Pennsylvania Ministerium, is founded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on August - 26.   

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 August - 26 the first recorded ascent of Triglav, the highest mountain in Slovenia.   

1788  Aloys Schmitt, German music theory/composer/royal pianist on August - 26.   

1791  John Fitch grants US patent for his working steamboat on August - 26.   

1794  French troops occupy Lock on this day in history.   

1811  Danville Leadbetter, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1866 on this day in history.   

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 this day in history 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  Jacobus J Backer, German sea historian on August - 26.   

1828  On this day in history erik Anthon Valdemar Siboni, composer   

1832  On August - 26 henryk Klein, composer, dies at 96   

1833  On August - 26 charles Jackson Paine, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)   

1835  Theodore Washington Brevard, Brig General (Confederate Army) on August - 26.   

1839  The ship Amistad is captured off Long Island on this day in history.   

1842  Heinrich I Quincke, German internist (Lumbaalpunctie) on August - 26.   

1843  Charles Thurber patents a typewriter on August - 26.   

1843  On this day in history george August Lumbye, composer   

1846  On August - 26 w A Bartlett appointed first US mayor of Yerba Buena (SF)   

1846  Felix Mendelssohn's "Elijah," premieres on August - 26.   

1847  Liberia becomes an independent republic on this day in history.   

1849  On August - 26 jacques-Fereol Mazas, composer, dies at 66   

1850  Charles Richet, French physiologist (anaphylaxis-Nobel 1913) on August - 26.   

1858  On this day in history first news dispatch by telegraph.   

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1469  Ferdinand II of Naples (d. 1496) was born on August - 26.   

1540  King Magnus of Livonia (d. 1583) was born on August - 26.   

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

1627  On this day in history birth of thomas Bullis, composer   

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

1687  On this day in history birth of willem the Fesch, Dutch violinist/composer (Joseph)   

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

1726  Karl Kohaut, composer was born on August - 26.   

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

1346  On August - 26 jan de Blinde, King of Bohemia/count of Luxemburg, dies in battle   

1349  Death of Thomas Bradwardine, Archbishop of Canterbury on this day in history.   

1368  On August - 26 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  Death of Giberto X, Italian mister of Correggio/husband of Veronica Gambara on August - 26.   

1551  On this day in history death of margareta Leijonhufvud, queen of Gustav I of Sweden (b. 1516)   

1572  Death of Petrus Ramus, French philosopher (b. 1515) on August - 26.