Page 2: Historical Events In December - 26

1762  On December - 26 franz Wilhelm Tausch, composer   

1770  On December - 26 pierre earl de Cambronne, French general (Waterloo, Elba)   

1771  Heinrich J von Collin, Austria dramatist/poet (Regulus) on December - 26.   

1773  On December - 26 expulsion of tea ships from Philadelphia   

1776  Battle of Trenton-major British defeat on this day in history.   

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

1778  On December - 26 juan Lovera, Venezuela, artist   

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 this day in history.   

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

1792  Charles Babbage, English inventor (calculating machine) on December - 26.   

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

1793  Franz Hunten, composer on this day in history.   

1797  On December - 26 hans Skramstad, composer   

1797  John Wilkes, English journalist/Higher/Lower house leader, dies at 72 on December - 26.   

1799  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1805  Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts established, Philadelphia on December - 26.   

1805  On this day in history the Treaty of Pressburg December 26 ends hostilities between France and Austria   

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 December - 26.   

1809  William Nelson Pendleton, Brig Gen (Confederate Army), died in 1883 on December - 26.   

1811  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 on this day in history.   

1812  Wilhelm Volkmar, composer on December - 26.   

1813  Zamose, Modlin, Torgau surrenders to allied armies on this day in history.   

1815  Israel Bush Richardson, Mjr General (Union volunteers), died in 1862 on December - 26.   

1820  On December - 26 gustavus Adolphus Smith, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1885   

1822  On this day in history dion Boucicault, Irish/Us actor/playwright (Rip van Winkle)   

1824  Augustus Louis Chetlain, Mjr General (Union volunteers), died in 1914 on December - 26.   

1825  Erie Canal opens on this day in history.   

1826  On December - 26 franz Coenen, composer   

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

1830  On this day in history gaetano Donizetti's opera "Anna Bolena," premieres in Milan   

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

1532  On this day in history birth of guilielmus Xylander, German classical scholar (d. 1576)   

1536  On this day in history birth of yi I, Korean Confucian scholar (d. 1584)   

1542  On December - 26 birth of tokugawa Ieyasu, unifier of Japan and first Tokugawa Shogun (d. 1616)   

1618  On December - 26 birth of elisabeth, Paltsgravin of Rhine/abbess   

1633  On December - 26 birth of charles E Biset, Flemish painter, baptised   

1646  Robert Bolling, English settler in Virginia (d. 1709) was born on this day in history.   

1660  Peter Schenck, German/Neth engraver/publisher, baptised was born on this day in history.   

0267  Dionysius, bishop of Rome/saint, dies on December - 26.   

0268  On December - 26 death of pope Dionysius   

1350  On December - 26 death of jean de Marigny, French bishop   

1458  On this day in history death of arthur III, Duke of Brittany (b. 1393)   

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

1530  Zahir al-Din Mohammed Babur Shah, founder Mogols-dynasty, dies at 47 on December - 26.   

1574  On this day in history charles Guise, archbishop/cardinal of Reims, dies at 50   

1624  Simon Marius, astronomer, dies in Bavaria at 54 on December - 26.