Page 2: Historical Events In July - 31
Wednesday, 11 February 2026
1737 Prince Frederick of Wales escapes English court. 

1741 Charles Albert of Bavaria invades Upper Austria and Bohemia. 

1743 August R van Hekeren van Suideras, Dutch orangist 

1748 Isaac Ouwater, Amsterdam painter/cartoonist. 

1750 Johan V, King of Portugal, dies. 

1751 Fire in Stockholm destroys 1000 houses 

1763 James Kent, Fredericksburgh NY, legal scholar (Columbia), dies 

1767 Amelie Julia Candielle, composer. 

1771 Paul Potters "Great ossendrift" sold for Ÿ9050 in Amsterdam. 

1774 Joseph Priestley discovers oxygen 

1777 Marquis de Lafayette, 19, made major-general of Continental Army 

1784 Denis Diderot, French writer/philosopher (Jacques le fataliste), dies. 

1790 The inaugural US patent granted, to Samuel Hopkins for a potash process 

1790 1st US patent granted, to Samuel Hopkins for a potash process 

1790 Johann Christian Frischmuth, composer, dies at 48. 

1792 Cornerstone laid for 1st US govt building: US Mint in Phila. 

1794 All Jacobijnse clubs together in Haarlem 

1795 Jose B da Gama, Portuguese poet (East Uraguay), dies at 54. 

1803 John Ericsson, US, inventor (screw propeller)/shipbuilder-USS Monitor. 

1808 Frederick Nichols Crouch, composer 

1809 The inaugural practical US railroad track (wooden, for horse-drawn cars), Phila. 

1809 1st practical US railroad track (wooden, for horse-drawn cars), Phila 

1811 Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, Mexican hero priest, executed by Spanish 

1813 British invade Plattsburgh, NY 

1813 British invade Plattsburgh NY. 

1815 Commodore Stephen Decatur concludes agreement with Bey of Tunis to compensate U.S. for seizure of merchant ships during the War of 1812. 

1816 George Henry Thomas, Major General (Union Army), died in 1870 

1817 Philip Cook Jr, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1894. 

1818 Heinrich Kiepert, German cartographer/geographer. 

1825 Thomas Hart Taylor, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1901 

1828 Francois Auguste Gevaert, Belgian composer (Le diable au moulin). 

1830 Charles X of France steps down by force 

1830 Frantisek Zdenek Xavier Alois Skuhersky, composer. 

1834 Peter H Hugenholtz, Dutch reformer/founder (Free Parish). 

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