Page 2: Historical Events In December - 26

1762  On December - 26 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  Expulsion of tea ships from Philadelphia on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history 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  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  On this day in history battle of Geisberg: French defeat Austrians.   

1793  On December - 26 franz Hunten, composer   

1797  On this day in history hans Skramstad, composer   

1797  On December - 26 john Wilkes, English journalist/Higher/Lower house leader, dies at 72   

1799  George Washington is eulogized by Colonel Henry Lee as "1st in war, first in peace & first in the hearts of his countrymen" on this day in history.   

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  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 December - 26.   

1805  Joseph-Leon Gatayes, composer on December - 26.   

1808  Albert Grisar, composer on December - 26.   

1809  On December - 26 english invasionary troop leaves Vlissingen   

1809  On December - 26 william Nelson Pendleton, Brig Gen (Confederate Army), died in 1883   

1811  On December - 26 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  Zamose, Modlin, Torgau surrenders to allied armies on this day in history.   

1815  Israel Bush Richardson, Mjr General (Union volunteers), died in 1862 on December - 26.   

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 this day in history.   

1824  Augustus Louis Chetlain, Mjr General (Union volunteers), died in 1914 on this day in history.   

1825  Erie Canal opens on this day in history.   

1826  On this day in history franz Coenen, composer   

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

1830  On this day in history gaetano Donizetti's opera "Anna Bolena," premieres in Milan   

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1194  On December - 26 birth of frederick II, Iesi Italy, German Emperor (1212-1250)/King of Sicily   

1532  On this day in history birth of guilielmus Xylander, German classical scholar (d. 1576)   

1536  Yi I, Korean Confucian scholar (d. 1584) was born on December - 26.   

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

1646  On this day in history birth of robert Bolling, English settler in Virginia (d. 1709)   

1660  On December - 26 birth of peter Schenck, German/Neth engraver/publisher, baptised   

0267  On this day in history dionysius, bishop of Rome/saint, dies   

0268  On December - 26 death of pope Dionysius   

1350  On this day in history death of jean de Marigny, French bishop   

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

1476  On this day in history death of galeazzo Maria Sforza, duke of Milan, murdered   

1530  On December - 26 zahir al-Din Mohammed Babur Shah, founder Mogols-dynasty, dies at 47   

1574  On December - 26 charles Guise, archbishop/cardinal of Reims, dies at 50   

1624  Simon Marius, astronomer, dies in Bavaria at 54 on December - 26.