Page 2: Historical Events In December - 26

1762  On this day in history franz Wilhelm Tausch, composer   

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

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

1773  On this day in history 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  On December - 26 juan Lovera, Venezuela, artist   

1791  On December - 26 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 on December - 26.   

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

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

1793  Franz Hunten, composer on this day in history.   

1797  Hans Skramstad, composer on December - 26.   

1797  On this day in history john Wilkes, English journalist/Higher/Lower house leader, dies at 72   

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  On December - 26 pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts established, Philadelphia   

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

1805  France & Austria signs Peace of Pressburg on this day in history.   

1805  On December - 26 joseph-Leon Gatayes, composer   

1808  On this day in history albert Grisar, composer   

1809  English invasionary troop leaves Vlissingen on December - 26.   

1809  William Nelson Pendleton, Brig Gen (Confederate Army), died in 1883 on this day in history.   

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  Zamose, Modlin, Torgau surrenders to allied armies on December - 26.   

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 this day in history augustus Louis Chetlain, Mjr General (Union volunteers), died in 1914   

1825  On this day in history erie Canal opens   

1826  On December - 26 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  On December - 26 birth of frederick II, Iesi Italy, German Emperor (1212-1250)/King of Sicily   

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

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  Elisabeth, Paltsgravin of Rhine/abbess was born on December - 26.   

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

0268  Death of Pope Dionysius on December - 26.   

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

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

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  Charles Guise, archbishop/cardinal of Reims, dies at 50 on December - 26.   

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