Page 2: Historical Events In August - 26

1726  On August - 26 karl Kohaut, composer   

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

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

1743  On August - 26 antoine-Laurent Lavoisier, Paris, father of mod chemistry (Oxygen)   

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

1745  On August - 26 francois Guichard, composer   

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  Domingos dos Reis Quita, Portuguese playwright/poet, dies at 42 on August - 26.   

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 August - 26.   

1791  On August - 26 john Fitch grants US patent for his working steamboat   

1794  On this day in history french troops occupy Lock   

1811  On this day in history 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  On August - 26 daniel Gottlob Turk, composer, dies at 63   

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 this day in history.   

1823  Wilhelm Troszel, composer on August - 26.   

1825  On August - 26 jacobus J Backer, German sea historian   

1828  Erik Anthon Valdemar Siboni, composer on August - 26.   

1832  Henryk Klein, composer, dies at 96 on August - 26.   

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

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

1839  On this day in history the ship Amistad is captured off Long Island.   

1842  On August - 26 heinrich I Quincke, German internist (Lumbaalpunctie)   

1843  On this day in history charles Thurber patents a typewriter   

1843  George August Lumbye, composer on this day in history.   

1846  W A Bartlett appointed first US mayor of Yerba Buena (SF) on August - 26.   

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

1847  On August - 26 liberia becomes an independent republic.   

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

1850  On this day in history charles Richet, French physiologist (anaphylaxis-Nobel 1913)   

1858  On August - 26 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  Frederik V, king of Bohemia (White Mountain) was born on this day in history.   

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 August - 26.   

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

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

1726  On this day in history birth of karl Kohaut, composer   

1278  Ottokar II, King of Bohemia (1253-78), dies in battle on August - 26.   

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 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 this day in history.   

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

1551  On August - 26 death of margareta Leijonhufvud, queen of Gustav I of Sweden (b. 1516)   

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