Page 3: Historical Events In August - 26
Saturday, 28 June 2025
1860 Friedrich Silcher, composer, dies at 71 on this day in history.
1863 Battle of Rocky Gap WV (White Sulphur Springs) on this day in history.
1863 On this day in history john Buchanan Floyd, US min of War (1857-60)/Confederate general, dies
1865 On this day in history johann F Encke, German astronomer (Comet Encke), dies at 73
1869 Henri Leys, Flemish painter, dies at 54 on August - 26.
1870 Aleksander Kuprin, Russian author (Pojedinok) [NS=Sept 7] on this day in history.
1873 The first US public kindergarten is authorized in St. Louis, MO on August - 26.
1873 On August - 26 1st free kindergarten in the U.S. started by Susan Blow in Carondelet, a suburb of St. Louis, Missouri
1873 Lee De Forest, Council Bluffs, inventor (Audion vacuum (radio) tube) on this day in history.
1873 On August - 26 carl Wilhelm, composer, dies at 57
1874 16 blacks lynched in Tennessee on this day in history.
1875 On August - 26 the birth of John Buchan, Scottish author
1875 John Buchan, Scotland, Gov-Gen of Canada/writer (Battle of Somme) on August - 26.
1880 Guillaume Apollinaire, France, poet/movie critic (Alcoola) on August - 26.
1882 James Franck, German naturalist (Nobel 1925) on August - 26.
1883 Krakatoa erupts with increasingly large explosions kills 36,000 on August - 26.
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.
1883 -27] Krakatoa erupts with increasingly large explosions kills 36,000 on this day in history.
1884 On this day in history earl Biggers, author ("Charlie Chan" detective series)
1885 On this day in history jules Romains, France, novelist/playwright/poet (Men of Good Will)
1887 Luis Abraham Delgadillo, composer on August - 26.
1890 On this day in history tommy Andrews, cricketer (NSW & Aussie player of the 1920's)
1891 On August - 26 emmy van Lokhorst, Dutch author
1894 On August - 26 social-Democratic Worker's party (SDAP) forms
1894 On this day in history pPH van Ham, general-major, dies in battle on Lombok
1895 Electric central at Niagara Falls gives 1st steam on August - 26.
1896 Armenian revolutionairy assault on Ottoman Bank Constantinople on August - 26.
1896 On August - 26 richard Hammond, composer
1898 Peggy Guggenheim, art patron & collector on this day in history.
1899 Rufino Tamayo, Mexican painter on this day in history.
1901 On this day in history gen Maxwell D Taylor, former US Army chief of staff
1903 On this day in history phillies walk 17 Dodgers in a game
1903 Jimmy Rushing, US blues singer on this day in history.
1904 Christopher W Bradshaw-Isherwood, Brit/US writer (Goodbye to Berlin) on this day in history.
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