The Phenomenon of December 26: A Day Filled with Surprises and Celebrations Natural Disasters & Epidemics

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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