Historical Events In December - 26

1762  On this day in history franz Wilhelm Tausch, composer  

1770  On this day in history pierre earl de Cambronne, French general (Waterloo, Elba)  

1771  Heinrich J von Collin, Austria dramatist/poet (Regulus) on this day in history.  

1773  On December - 26 expulsion of tea ships from Philadelphia  

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

1776  On December - 26 johann Gottlieb Rall, Hessian colonel/mercenary, dies in battle  

1778  On this day in history 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  On December - 26 the final trial of Louis XVI of France begins in Paris.  

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

1793  Battle of Geisberg: French defeat Austrians on this day in history.  

1793  Franz Hunten, composer on December - 26.  

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 this day in history.  

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

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

1805  On this day in history france & Austria signs Peace of Pressburg  

1805  Joseph-Leon Gatayes, composer on this day in history.  

1808  On December - 26 albert Grisar, composer  

1809  On December - 26 english invasionary troop leaves Vlissingen  

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 December - 26.  

1812  On this day in history wilhelm Volkmar, composer  

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

1825  On this day in history erie Canal opens  

1826  On this day in history franz Coenen, composer  

1827  Jan David Holland, composer, dies at 81 on December - 26.  

1830  On December - 26 gaetano Donizetti's opera "Anna Bolena," premieres in Milan  

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1194  On this day in history birth of frederick II, Iesi Italy, German Emperor (1212-1250)/King of Sicily  

1532  On December - 26 birth of guilielmus Xylander, German classical scholar (d. 1576)  

1536  Yi I, Korean Confucian scholar (d. 1584) was born on this day in history.  

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

1618  On this day in history birth of elisabeth, Paltsgravin of Rhine/abbess  

1633  Charles E Biset, Flemish painter, baptised was born on this day in history.  

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  On December - 26 death of pope Dionysius  

1350  Death of Jean de Marigny, French bishop on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

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

1624  On December - 26 simon Marius, astronomer, dies in Bavaria at 54