Historical Events In August - 26

1726  Karl Kohaut, composer on August - 26.  

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

1740  Joseph-Michel Montgolfier, France, aeronaut (ballooning) on August - 26.  

1743  On this day in history antoine-Laurent Lavoisier, Paris, father of mod chemistry (Oxygen)  

1745  England, Prussia & Hannover sign treaty on this day in history.  

1745  On this day in history francois Guichard, composer  

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 August - 26.  

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  On August - 26 john Fitch grants US patent for his working steamboat  

1794  On this day in history french troops occupy Lock  

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

1813  On this day in history nicaise de Keyser, Flemish painter (Battle of Guilder Tracks)  

1813  On this day in history daniel Gottlob Turk, composer, dies at 63  

1819  Albert "Bertie" von Saksen-Coburg-Gotha, husband of queen Victoria on this day in history.  

1820  James Harlan, (Rep-Iowa)/US Secretary of Interior (1865-66) on this day in history.  

1823  On this day in history wilhelm Troszel, composer  

1825  Jacobus J Backer, German sea historian on August - 26.  

1828  On August - 26 erik Anthon Valdemar Siboni, composer  

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

1833  Charles Jackson Paine, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers) on August - 26.  

1835  On August - 26 theodore Washington Brevard, Brig General (Confederate Army)  

1839  On August - 26 the ship Amistad is captured off Long Island.  

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

1843  Charles Thurber patents a typewriter on this day in history.  

1843  On August - 26 george August Lumbye, composer  

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

1846  On this day in history felix Mendelssohn's "Elijah," premieres  

1847  On August - 26 liberia becomes an independent republic.  

1849  On this day in history jacques-Fereol Mazas, composer, dies at 66  

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

1858  First news dispatch by telegraph on this day in history.  

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1469  On this day in history birth of ferdinand II of Naples (d. 1496)  

1540  King Magnus of Livonia (d. 1583) was born on this day in history.  

1596  On August - 26 birth of frederik V, king of Bohemia (White Mountain)  

1627  On August - 26 birth of thomas Bullis, composer  

1676  Robert Walpole, (Whig) British PM (1721-42) [NS=Sept 5] was born on this day in history.  

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  Ottokar II, King of Bohemia (1253-78), dies in battle on this day in history.  

1346  Jan de Blinde, King of Bohemia/count of Luxemburg, dies in battle on this day in history.  

1349  On this day in history death of thomas Bradwardine, Archbishop of Canterbury  

1368  On this day in history engelbrecht van der Mark, prince-Bishop of Luik (1345-64), dies  

1486  On this day in history ernst I, ruler of Saxon (1464-86), dies at 45  

1518  Death of Giberto X, Italian mister of Correggio/husband of Veronica Gambara on this day in history.  

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.