Page 2: Historical Events In August - 26

1726  On this day in history karl Kohaut, composer   

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

1740  On August - 26 joseph-Michel Montgolfier, France, aeronaut (ballooning)   

1743  On August - 26 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  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 this day in history 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  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 August - 26 wilhelm Troszel, composer   

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

1828  On this day in history erik Anthon Valdemar Siboni, composer   

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

1833  Charles Jackson Paine, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers) on this day in history.   

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

1839  On August - 26 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 this day in history george August Lumbye, composer   

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

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

1847  Liberia becomes an independent republic on this day in history.   

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

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

1858  On August - 26 first news dispatch by telegraph.   

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1469  Ferdinand II of Naples (d. 1496) was born on August - 26.   

1540  On August - 26 birth of king Magnus of Livonia (d. 1583)   

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

1627  On August - 26 birth of thomas Bullis, composer   

1676  On August - 26 birth of robert Walpole, (Whig) British PM (1721-42) [NS=Sept 5]   

1687  Willem the Fesch, Dutch violinist/composer (Joseph) was born on this day in history.   

1694  On August - 26 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  On August - 26 jan de Blinde, King of Bohemia/count of Luxemburg, dies in battle   

1349  On August - 26 death of thomas Bradwardine, Archbishop of Canterbury   

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

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  Death of Margareta Leijonhufvud, queen of Gustav I of Sweden (b. 1516) on August - 26.   

1572  On August - 26 death of petrus Ramus, French philosopher (b. 1515)