Page 2: Historical Events In August - 26

1726  Karl Kohaut, composer on August - 26.   

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

1740  On this day in history joseph-Michel Montgolfier, France, aeronaut (ballooning)   

1743  Antoine-Laurent Lavoisier, Paris, father of mod chemistry (Oxygen) on this day in history.   

1745  England, Prussia & Hannover sign treaty on August - 26.   

1745  On this day in history francois Guichard, composer   

1748  The first Lutheran denomination in North America, the Pennsylvania Ministerium, is founded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on this day in history.   

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

1788  On August - 26 aloys Schmitt, German music theory/composer/royal pianist   

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

1794  On this day in history french troops occupy Lock   

1811  On August - 26 danville Leadbetter, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1866   

1813  On this day in history 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  James Harlan, (Rep-Iowa)/US Secretary of Interior (1865-66) on this day in history.   

1823  Wilhelm Troszel, composer on this day in history.   

1825  On this day in history jacobus J Backer, German sea historian   

1828  Erik Anthon Valdemar Siboni, composer on this day in history.   

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 this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1843  On this day in history charles Thurber patents a typewriter   

1843  On August - 26 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  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 this day in history.   

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

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

1540  On this day in history birth of king Magnus of Livonia (d. 1583)   

1596  On this day in history birth of frederik V, king of Bohemia (White Mountain)   

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

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

1687  Willem the Fesch, Dutch violinist/composer (Joseph) was born on August - 26.   

1694  On this day in history birth of elisha Williams, American rector of Yale College (d. 1755)   

1726  On August - 26 birth of karl Kohaut, composer   

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

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

1349  Death of Thomas Bradwardine, Archbishop of Canterbury on August - 26.   

1368  Engelbrecht van der Mark, prince-Bishop of Luik (1345-64), dies on August - 26.   

1486  Ernst I, ruler of Saxon (1464-86), dies at 45 on August - 26.   

1518  On this day in history death of giberto X, Italian mister of Correggio/husband of Veronica Gambara   

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 this day in history.