Page 2: Historical Events In December - 26
Tuesday, 24 February 2026
1770 Pierre earl de Cambronne, French general (Waterloo, Elba). 

1771 Heinrich J von Collin, Austria dramatist/poet (Regulus) 

1773 Expulsion of tea ships from Philadelphia 

1776 Battle of Trenton-major British defeat 

1776 Johann Gottlieb Rall, Hessian colonel/mercenary, dies in battle. 

1778 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,. 

1792 The final trial of Louis XVI of France begins in Paris. 

1792 Charles Babbage, English inventor (calculating machine). 

1793 Battle of Geisberg: French defeat Austrians. 

1793 Franz Hunten, composer. 

1797 Hans Skramstad, composer. 

1797 John Wilkes, English journalist/Higher/Lower house leader, dies at 72. 

1799 George Washington is eulogized by Colonel Henry Lee as "1st in war, inaugural in peace and inaugural in the hearts of his countrymen" 

1799 George Washington is eulogized by Col Henry Lee as "1st in war, 1st in peace and 1st in hearts of his countrymen" 

1805 Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts established, Philadelphia 

1805 The Treaty of Pressburg December 26 ends hostilities between France and Austria 

1805 France and Austria signs Peace of Pressburg. 

1805 Joseph-Leon Gatayes, composer 

1808 Albert Grisar, composer. 

1809 English invasionary troop leaves Vlissingen. 

1809 William Nelson Pendleton, Brig Gen (Confederate Army), died in 1883 

1811 A theater fire in Richmond, Virginia results in the deaths of the Governor of Virginia George William Smith and the president of the inaugural National Bank of Virginia Abraham B. Venable. 

1812 Wilhelm Volkmar, composer 

1813 Zamose, Modlin, Torgau surrenders to allied armies. 

1815 Israel Bush Richardson, Mjr General (Union volunteers), died in 1862 

1820 Gustavus Adolphus Smith, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1885. 

1822 Dion Boucicault, Irish/Us actor/playwright (Rip van Winkle). 

1824 Augustus Louis Chetlain, Mjr General (Union volunteers), died in 1914. 

1825 Erie Canal opens. 

1826 Franz Coenen, composer 

1827 Jan David Holland, composer, dies at 81. 

1830 Gaetano Donizetti's opera "Anna Bolena," premieres in Milan. 

1831 The opera "Norma" is produced (Milan). 

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