Historical Events In December - 26

1762  On this day in history franz Wilhelm Tausch, composer  

1770  Pierre earl de Cambronne, French general (Waterloo, Elba) on December - 26.  

1771  On this day in history heinrich J von Collin, Austria dramatist/poet (Regulus)  

1773  Expulsion of tea ships from Philadelphia on December - 26.  

1776  On December - 26 battle of Trenton-major British defeat  

1776  Johann Gottlieb Rall, Hessian colonel/mercenary, dies in battle on December - 26.  

1778  Juan Lovera, Venezuela, artist on December - 26.  

1791  In the British parlimentLondon England, British PM William Pitt passes the Constitutional Act, dividing Quebec along the Ottawa River, into Upper and Lower Canada, on December - 26.  

1792  The final trial of Louis XVI of France begins in Paris on this day in history.  

1792  On this day in history charles Babbage, English inventor (calculating machine)  

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1793  On this day in history battle of Geisberg: French defeat Austrians.  

1793  On this day in history franz Hunten, composer  

1797  On December - 26 hans Skramstad, composer  

1797  John Wilkes, English journalist/Higher/Lower house leader, dies at 72 on this day in history.  

1799  On December - 26 george Washington is eulogized by Colonel Henry Lee as "1st in war, first in peace & first in the hearts of his countrymen"  

1799  George Washington is eulogized by Col Henry Lee as "1st in war, 1st in peace & 1st in hearts of his countrymen" on December - 26.  

1805  Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts established, Philadelphia on this day in history.  

1805  The Treaty of Pressburg December 26 ends hostilities between France and Austria on this day in history.  

1805  On December - 26 france & Austria signs Peace of Pressburg  

1805  On December - 26 joseph-Leon Gatayes, composer  

1808  Albert Grisar, composer on December - 26.  

1809  English invasionary troop leaves Vlissingen on this day in history.  

1809  On December - 26 william Nelson Pendleton, Brig Gen (Confederate Army), died in 1883  

1811  On this day in history a theater fire in Richmond, Virginia kills the Governor of Virginia George William Smith and the president of the First National Bank of Virginia Abraham B. Venable.  

1812  Wilhelm Volkmar, composer on December - 26.  

1813  On December - 26 zamose, Modlin, Torgau surrenders to allied armies  

1815  Israel Bush Richardson, Mjr General (Union volunteers), died in 1862 on this day in history.  

1820  On this day in history gustavus Adolphus Smith, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1885  

1822  Dion Boucicault, Irish/Us actor/playwright (Rip van Winkle) on December - 26.  

1824  On December - 26 augustus Louis Chetlain, Mjr General (Union volunteers), died in 1914  

1825  Erie Canal opens on December - 26.  

1826  On December - 26 franz Coenen, composer  

1827  On December - 26 jan David Holland, composer, dies at 81  

1830  Gaetano Donizetti's opera "Anna Bolena," premieres in Milan on this day in history.  

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1194  Frederick II, Iesi Italy, German Emperor (1212-1250)/King of Sicily was born on this day in history.  

1532  Guilielmus Xylander, German classical scholar (d. 1576) was born on December - 26.  

1536  Yi I, Korean Confucian scholar (d. 1584) was born on December - 26.  

1542  Tokugawa Ieyasu, unifier of Japan and first Tokugawa Shogun (d. 1616) was born on this day in history.  

1618  Elisabeth, Paltsgravin of Rhine/abbess was born on this day in history.  

1633  Charles E Biset, Flemish painter, baptised was born on December - 26.  

1646  On December - 26 birth of robert Bolling, English settler in Virginia (d. 1709)  

1660  On this day in history birth of peter Schenck, German/Neth engraver/publisher, baptised  

0267  Dionysius, bishop of Rome/saint, dies on this day in history.  

0268  Death of Pope Dionysius on December - 26.  

1350  On this day in history death of jean de Marigny, French bishop  

1458  Death of Arthur III, Duke of Brittany (b. 1393) on December - 26.  

1476  Death of Galeazzo Maria Sforza, duke of Milan, murdered on December - 26.  

1530  On December - 26 zahir al-Din Mohammed Babur Shah, founder Mogols-dynasty, dies at 47  

1574  Charles Guise, archbishop/cardinal of Reims, dies at 50 on this day in history.  

1624  On this day in history simon Marius, astronomer, dies in Bavaria at 54