Page 2: Historical Events In August - 26

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

1745  On this day in history england, Prussia & Hannover sign treaty   

1745  On August - 26 francois Guichard, composer   

1748  On August - 26 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 this day in history 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  On August - 26 aloys Schmitt, German music theory/composer/royal pianist   

1791  On this day in history 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  Nicaise de Keyser, Flemish painter (Battle of Guilder Tracks) on August - 26.   

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 August - 26.   

1820  James Harlan, (Rep-Iowa)/US Secretary of Interior (1865-66) on August - 26.   

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 August - 26.   

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

1835  Theodore Washington Brevard, Brig General (Confederate Army) on this day in history.   

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

1842  On this day in history heinrich I Quincke, German internist (Lumbaalpunctie)   

1843  Charles Thurber patents a typewriter on August - 26.   

1843  On August - 26 george August Lumbye, composer   

1846  On this day in history w A Bartlett appointed first US mayor of Yerba Buena (SF)   

1846  Felix Mendelssohn's "Elijah," premieres on this day in history.   

1847  On August - 26 liberia becomes an independent republic.   

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

1850  Charles Richet, French physiologist (anaphylaxis-Nobel 1913) on this day in history.   

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

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1469  Ferdinand II of Naples (d. 1496) was born on this day in history.   

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

1694  Elisha Williams, American rector of Yale College (d. 1755) was born on August - 26.   

1726  On August - 26 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 August - 26.   

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

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

1486  On August - 26 ernst I, ruler of Saxon (1464-86), dies at 45   

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 this day in history.