Historical Events In December - 26
Monday, 19 April 2021
1762 On this day in history franz Wilhelm Tausch, composer
1770 Pierre earl de Cambronne, French general (Waterloo, Elba) on December - 26.
1771 On this day in history heinrich J von Collin, Austria dramatist/poet (Regulus)
1773 Expulsion of tea ships from Philadelphia on December - 26.
1776 On December - 26 battle of Trenton-major British defeat
1776 Johann Gottlieb Rall, Hessian colonel/mercenary, dies in battle on December - 26.
1778 Juan Lovera, Venezuela, artist on December - 26.
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 On this day in history battle of Geisberg: French defeat Austrians.
1793 On this day in history franz Hunten, composer
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 December - 26.
1805 Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts established, Philadelphia on this day in history.
1805 The Treaty of Pressburg December 26 ends hostilities between France and Austria on this day in history.
1805 On December - 26 france & Austria signs Peace of Pressburg
1805 On December - 26 joseph-Leon Gatayes, composer
1808 Albert Grisar, composer on December - 26.
1809 English invasionary troop leaves Vlissingen on this day in history.
1809 On December - 26 william Nelson Pendleton, Brig Gen (Confederate Army), died in 1883
1811 On this day in history 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.
1812 Wilhelm Volkmar, composer on December - 26.
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 this day in history gustavus Adolphus Smith, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1885
1822 Dion Boucicault, Irish/Us actor/playwright (Rip van Winkle) on December - 26.
1824 On December - 26 augustus Louis Chetlain, Mjr General (Union volunteers), died in 1914
1825 Erie Canal opens on December - 26.
1826 On December - 26 franz Coenen, composer
1827 On December - 26 jan David Holland, composer, dies at 81
1830 Gaetano Donizetti's opera "Anna Bolena," premieres in Milan on this day in history.
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