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Page 3: Historical Events In August - 26

Saturday, 28 June 2025

1860  Friedrich Silcher, composer, dies at 71 on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1863  Battle of Rocky Gap WV (White Sulphur Springs) on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1863  On this day in history john Buchanan Floyd, US min of War (1857-60)/Confederate general, dies  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1865  On this day in history johann F Encke, German astronomer (Comet Encke), dies at 73  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1869  Henri Leys, Flemish painter, dies at 54 on August - 26.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1870  Aleksander Kuprin, Russian author (Pojedinok) [NS=Sept 7] on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1873  The first US public kindergarten is authorized in St. Louis, MO on August - 26.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1873  On August - 26 1st free kindergarten in the U.S. started by Susan Blow in Carondelet, a suburb of St. Louis, Missouri  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1873  Lee De Forest, Council Bluffs, inventor (Audion vacuum (radio) tube) on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1873  On August - 26 carl Wilhelm, composer, dies at 57  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1874  16 blacks lynched in Tennessee on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1875  On August - 26 the birth of John Buchan, Scottish author  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1875  John Buchan, Scotland, Gov-Gen of Canada/writer (Battle of Somme) on August - 26.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1880  Guillaume Apollinaire, France, poet/movie critic (Alcoola) on August - 26.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1882  James Franck, German naturalist (Nobel 1925) on August - 26.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1883  Krakatoa erupts with increasingly large explosions kills 36,000 on August - 26.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1883  On this day in history the Indonesian island of Krakatoa explodes, spewing volcanic ash and debris 50 miles into the air and killing 36,000 people many from tidal waves over 100 feet high.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1883  -27] Krakatoa erupts with increasingly large explosions kills 36,000 on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1884  On this day in history earl Biggers, author ("Charlie Chan" detective series)  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1885  On this day in history jules Romains, France, novelist/playwright/poet (Men of Good Will)  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1887  Luis Abraham Delgadillo, composer on August - 26.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1890  On this day in history tommy Andrews, cricketer (NSW & Aussie player of the 1920's)  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1891  On August - 26 emmy van Lokhorst, Dutch author  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1894  On August - 26 social-Democratic Worker's party (SDAP) forms  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1894  On this day in history pPH van Ham, general-major, dies in battle on Lombok  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1895  Electric central at Niagara Falls gives 1st steam on August - 26.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1896  Armenian revolutionairy assault on Ottoman Bank Constantinople on August - 26.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1896  On August - 26 richard Hammond, composer  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1898  Peggy Guggenheim, art patron & collector on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1899  Rufino Tamayo, Mexican painter on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1901  On this day in history gen Maxwell D Taylor, former US Army chief of staff  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1903  On this day in history phillies walk 17 Dodgers in a game  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1903  Jimmy Rushing, US blues singer on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1904  Christopher W Bradshaw-Isherwood, Brit/US writer (Goodbye to Berlin) on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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Famous Birthdays In August - 26

Famous People Born On This Day In History

1469  Ferdinand II of Naples (d. 1496) was born on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1540  On August - 26 birth of king Magnus of Livonia (d. 1583)  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1596  Frederik V, king of Bohemia (White Mountain) was born on August - 26.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1627  On this day in history birth of thomas Bullis, composer  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1676  Robert Walpole, (Whig) British PM (1721-42) [NS=Sept 5] was born on August - 26.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1687  Willem the Fesch, Dutch violinist/composer (Joseph) was born on August - 26.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1694  On August - 26 birth of elisha Williams, American rector of Yale College (d. 1755)  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1726  Karl Kohaut, composer was born on August - 26.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Famous Deaths In August - 26

Famous People Died On This Day In History

1278  Ottokar II, King of Bohemia (1253-78), dies in battle on August - 26.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1346  On this day in history jan de Blinde, King of Bohemia/count of Luxemburg, dies in battle  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1349  Death of Thomas Bradwardine, Archbishop of Canterbury on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1368  Engelbrecht van der Mark, prince-Bishop of Luik (1345-64), dies on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1486  On August - 26 ernst I, ruler of Saxon (1464-86), dies at 45  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1518  On August - 26 death of giberto X, Italian mister of Correggio/husband of Veronica Gambara  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1551  Death of Margareta Leijonhufvud, queen of Gustav I of Sweden (b. 1516) on August - 26.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1572  On August - 26 death of petrus Ramus, French philosopher (b. 1515)  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard


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