Page 2: 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 this day in history.   

1771  On December - 26 heinrich J von Collin, Austria dramatist/poet (Regulus)   

1773  On December - 26 expulsion of tea ships from Philadelphia   

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

1776  Johann Gottlieb Rall, Hessian colonel/mercenary, dies in battle on this day in history.   

1778  Juan Lovera, Venezuela, artist on this day in history.   

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)   

1793  Battle of Geisberg: French defeat Austrians on December - 26.   

1793  On December - 26 franz Hunten, composer   

1797  On this day in history 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 December - 26.   

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

1805  France & Austria signs Peace of Pressburg on December - 26.   

1805  Joseph-Leon Gatayes, composer on December - 26.   

1808  Albert Grisar, composer on this day in history.   

1809  On December - 26 english invasionary troop leaves Vlissingen   

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

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 December - 26.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1822  On December - 26 dion Boucicault, Irish/Us actor/playwright (Rip van Winkle)   

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

1825  On December - 26 erie Canal opens   

1826  On this day in history franz Coenen, composer   

1827  Jan David Holland, composer, dies at 81 on this day in history.   

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

1536  On December - 26 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  Elisabeth, Paltsgravin of Rhine/abbess was born on this day in history.   

1633  On this day in history 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  On December - 26 birth of peter Schenck, German/Neth engraver/publisher, baptised   

0267  On this day in history dionysius, bishop of Rome/saint, dies   

0268  Death of Pope Dionysius on this day in history.   

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

1458  On December - 26 death of arthur III, Duke of Brittany (b. 1393)   

1476  On December - 26 death of galeazzo Maria Sforza, duke of Milan, murdered   

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  On December - 26 simon Marius, astronomer, dies in Bavaria at 54