Historical Events In December - 26

1831  On December - 26 the opera "Norma" is produced (Milan)  

1831  Vincenzo Bellini's opera "Norma," premieres in Milan on December - 26.  

1836  Hans Georg Nageli, composer, dies at 63 on this day in history.  

1837  Adm George Dewey, American naval hero of Manila on this day in history.  

1837  Martinus van Marum, chemist/physicist (giant salamander), dies at 87 on this day in history.  

1845  On December - 26 salvatore Auteri Manzocchi, composer  

1848  First gold seekers arrive in Panama en route to San Francisco on December - 26.  

1848  William & Ellen Craft escape from slavery in Georgia on this day in history.  

1848  On December - 26 1st gold seekers arrive in Panama en route to SF  

1849  On this day in history samuel E "Sam" van Beem, actor (Fanfan la Tulipe)  

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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 December - 26.  

1854  Wood-pulp paper 1st exhibited, Buffalo on this day in history.  

1855  On this day in history arnold Ludwig Mendelssohn, composer  

1859  On this day in history johan F van Bemmelen, Dutch zoologist  

1860  Maiden voyage of first steamship owned by 1 man (C Vanderbilt) on December - 26.  

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  On this day in history first US navy hospital ship enters service  

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  38 Santee Sioux indians, hanged in Mankato on December - 26.  

1865  James H Mason (Mass) patents first US coffee percolator on December - 26.  

1865  James H Mason (Mass) patents 1st US coffee percolator on December - 26.  

1866  Samuel Ryan Curtis, Union general-major, dies at 49 on this day in history.  

1869  On December - 26 harry Redman, composer  

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 December - 26.  

1872  4th largest snowfall in NYC history (18") on December - 26.  

1873  On December - 26 hubert Cuypers, Dutch composer/choir conductor (Minstrels)  

1874  On December - 26 norman Angell, [Lane], English cowboy/journalist (Nobel 1933)  

1877  On this day in history socialist Labor Party of North America holds first national convention  

1877  Socialist Labor Party of North America holds 1st natl convention on December - 26.  

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1194  Frederick II, Iesi Italy, German Emperor (1212-1250)/King of Sicily was born on December - 26.  

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 this day in history.  

1542  Tokugawa Ieyasu, unifier of Japan and first Tokugawa Shogun (d. 1616) was born on December - 26.  

1618  On December - 26 birth of elisabeth, Paltsgravin of Rhine/abbess  

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 December - 26.  

1660  On this day in history birth of peter Schenck, German/Neth engraver/publisher, baptised  

0267  On December - 26 dionysius, bishop of Rome/saint, dies  

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 this day in history.  

1476  Death of Galeazzo Maria Sforza, duke of Milan, murdered on December - 26.  

1530  On this day in history zahir al-Din Mohammed Babur Shah, founder Mogols-dynasty, dies at 47  

1574  Charles Guise, archbishop/cardinal of Reims, dies at 50 on this day in history.  

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