Page 3: Historical Events In January - 12
Tuesday, 17 February 2026
1820 Royal Astronomical Society founded in England. 

1821 Nikolai Afanisev, composer 

1825 Joseph Robert Davis, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1896 

1826 Charles Cruft, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1883 

1829 Friedrich von Schlegel, German cultural philosopher/poet, dies at 56. 

1832 Richard Waterhouse Jr, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1876. 

1836 Battle of Wetumka FL. 

1836 HMS Beagle/Charles Darwin reach Sydney Australia 

1836 Battle of Wetumka, Fla 

1837 Adolf Jensen, composer 

1839 Anthracite coal inaugural used to smelt iron, Mauch Chunk PA. 

1839 Anthracite coal 1st used to smelt iron, Mauch Chunk, Penn 

1839 Joseph A Koch, Aust painter/cartoonist/etcher/illustrator, dies at 70 

1842 Franciscan nuns begin missionary work on Netherlands Antilles. 

1842 Franciscan nuns begin missionary work on Netherland Antilles 

1842 Francois Coppee, French poet. 

1851 Johan Herman Koekkoek, painter, dies at 72 

1852 Joseph J C Joffre, French fieldmarshal (Indo China, Marne) 

1853 Gregorio Ricci-Curbastro, Italian mathematician (tensor analysis) 

1856 John Singer Sargent, American painter is born. 

1856 John Singer Sargent, US, portrait painter (Wyndham Sisters) 

1860 Martinus J Niewindt, bishop on Curacao (christened slaves), dies at 63. 

1861 FL state troops demand surrender of Fort Pickens. 

1861 FL state troops demand surrender of Ft Pickens 

1863 President Davis delivers his "State of the Confederacy" address 

1863 President Davis delivers his "State of Confederacy" address. 

1863 Vivekananda, Calcutta, Hindu religious leader/reformer. 

1865 Union fleet bombs Fort Fisher NC 

1865 -13] Union fleet bombs Fort Fisher NC. 

1866 The Royal Aeronautical Society is formed in London 

1867 Leo Tolstoy's "Smert Ioonna Groznogo," premieres in St Petersburg. 

1867 Victor Cousin, French philosopher/minister of Education, dies at 74 

1871 Paul Guthnick, German astronomer 

1872 Yohannes IV is crowned Emperor of Ethiopia in Axum, the inaugural imperial coronation in that city in over 200 years 

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