Historical Events In December - 26
Friday, 29 March 2024
1831 On December - 26 the opera "Norma" is produced (Milan)
1831 On December - 26 vincenzo Bellini's opera "Norma," premieres in Milan
1836 On this day in history hans Georg Nageli, composer, dies at 63
1837 Adm George Dewey, American naval hero of Manila on December - 26.
1837 On December - 26 martinus van Marum, chemist/physicist (giant salamander), dies at 87
1845 Salvatore Auteri Manzocchi, composer on this day in history.
1848 First gold seekers arrive in Panama en route to San Francisco on December - 26.
1848 On December - 26 william & Ellen Craft escape from slavery in Georgia
1848 1st gold seekers arrive in Panama en route to SF on December - 26.
1849 On December - 26 samuel E "Sam" van Beem, actor (Fanfan la Tulipe)
1852 New Brunswick-built ship Marco Polo arrives backin Liverpool England from Melbourne, Australia in 140 days, a trip that sually took 240 days; declared the fastest ship in the world; 1883 wrecked when grounded in a gale off Cavendish, PEI on this day in history.
1854 Wood-pulp paper first exhibited, Buffalo on this day in history.
1854 Wood-pulp paper 1st exhibited, Buffalo on this day in history.
1855 Arnold Ludwig Mendelssohn, composer on this day in history.
1859 On December - 26 johan F van Bemmelen, Dutch zoologist
1860 Maiden voyage of first steamship owned by 1 man (C Vanderbilt) on this day in history.
1860 Maiden voyage of 1st steamship owned by 1 man (C Vanderbilt) on December - 26.
1861 On this day in history friedrich Engel, German mathematician (group theory)
1861 On this day in history philip St George Cocke, Confederate brig-gen, commits suicide at 52
1862 First US navy hospital ship enters service on December - 26.
1862 -Dec 28th) Battle of Dumfries, VA on December - 26.
1862 On this day in history alexander V Amfiteatrov, Russian/French/Italian writer [NS]
1862 On this day in history 38 Santee Sioux indians, hanged in Mankato
1865 On this day in history james H Mason (Mass) patents first US coffee percolator
1865 On this day in history james H Mason (Mass) patents 1st US coffee percolator
1866 On December - 26 samuel Ryan Curtis, Union general-major, dies at 49
1869 Harry Redman, composer on December - 26.
1870 The 12.8-km long Fréjus Rail Tunnel through the Alps is completed on December - 26.
1871 Gilbert and Sullivan collaborate for the first time, on their lost opera, Thespis. It does modestly well, but the two would not collaborate again for four years on this day in history.
1872 4th largest snowfall in NYC history (18") on this day in history.
1873 Hubert Cuypers, Dutch composer/choir conductor (Minstrels) on December - 26.
1874 On December - 26 norman Angell, [Lane], English cowboy/journalist (Nobel 1933)
1877 On December - 26 socialist Labor Party of North America holds first national convention
1877 Socialist Labor Party of North America holds 1st natl convention on this day in history.
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