Page 2: Historical Events In August - 26
Tuesday, 15 July 2025
1726 On this day in history karl Kohaut, composer
1740 On this day in history the birth of Joseph Montgolfier, With his brother invented the hot air balloon
1740 Joseph-Michel Montgolfier, France, aeronaut (ballooning) on this day in history.
1743 On this day in history antoine-Laurent Lavoisier, Paris, father of mod chemistry (Oxygen)
1745 On this day in history england, Prussia & Hannover sign treaty
1745 Francois Guichard, composer on this day in history.
1748 On this day in history the first Lutheran denomination in North America, the Pennsylvania Ministerium, is founded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
1749 On this day in history johann Ernst Rembt, composer
1770 On August - 26 domingos dos Reis Quita, Portuguese playwright/poet, dies at 42
1778 The first recorded ascent of Triglav, the highest mountain in Slovenia on this day in history.
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 French troops occupy Lock on August - 26.
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 James Harlan, (Rep-Iowa)/US Secretary of Interior (1865-66) on August - 26.
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 Henryk Klein, composer, dies at 96 on this day in history.
1833 On August - 26 charles Jackson Paine, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)
1835 On August - 26 theodore Washington Brevard, Brig General (Confederate Army)
1839 On this day in history the ship Amistad is captured off Long Island.
1842 Heinrich I Quincke, German internist (Lumbaalpunctie) on this day in history.
1843 Charles Thurber patents a typewriter on August - 26.
1843 George August Lumbye, composer on August - 26.
1846 W A Bartlett appointed first US mayor of Yerba Buena (SF) on August - 26.
1846 On August - 26 felix Mendelssohn's "Elijah," premieres
1847 On this day in history liberia becomes an independent republic.
1849 Jacques-Fereol Mazas, composer, dies at 66 on this day in history.
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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