Historical Events In June - 26

1794  Battle of Colors: France under Jourdan beats Austrian army on June - 26.  

1797  On June - 26 charles Newbold patents first cast-iron plow. Farmers fear the effects of the iron on the soil  

1797  Charles Newbold patents 1st cast-iron plow. He can't sell it to farmers, though, they fear effects of iron on soil! on June - 26.  

1798  On this day in history eugene Godecharle, composer, dies at 56  

1807  Lightning hits gunpowder warehouse in Luxembourg; 230 die on June - 26.  

1819  The birth of Abner Doubleday, Publisher on this day in history.  

1819  Abner Doubleday, Mjr Gen (Union)/inventor (baseball) [or 1/26] on this day in history.  

1819  On this day in history johann Wilhelm Stadler, composer, dies at 71  

1821  Bartolomé Mitre, Argentine general on June - 26.  

1823  Frederick Bowen Jewson, composer on June - 26.  

1824  On June - 26 the birth of Lord Kelvin, British Physicist  

1824  Kelvin, [William Thomson], British physicist (Kelvin Scale) on this day in history.  

1827  Christian A Vulpius, German writer (Ornaldo Ornaldini), dies on this day in history.  

1831  Julius Rodenberg, [Levy], German writer (Kriegs-Songs of War & Peace) on this day in history.  

1836  On June - 26 claude-Joseph Rouget de Lisle, author/composer (Marseillaise), dies  

1837  On June - 26 martin Davis Hardin II, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1923  

1843  Hong Kong proclaimed a British Crown Colony on June - 26.  

1844  US pres John Tyler marries Julia Gardiner in NYC on this day in history.  

1846  In London England, British protectionists repeal Corn Laws to raise price of wheat for British farmers; rioting in the streets; British property values fall 50%, and the Canadas will soon feel the effects on June - 26.  

1848  On June - 26 1st pure food law enacted in US  

1854  On June - 26 robert Laird Borden, (C), 8th Canadian PM (1911-20)  

1857  On June - 26 off Cap Rouge Quebec, the Steamer Montreal catches fire and sinks in 15 minutes in the St. Lawrence; left Quebec City at 5 pm a day earlier; 253 lives lost, mostly Scottish immigrants on their way to the west.  

1857  62 receive Victoria Cross on this day in history.  

1862  On this day in history battle of Beaver Dam Creek-Union repulse Confederacy in Virginia  

1862  Day 2 of the 7 Days-Battle of Mechanicsville on this day in history.  

1862  On June - 26 battle of Beaver Dam Creek-Union repulses Confederacy in Virginia  

1863  On this day in history andrew Hull Foote, US Union lt admiral, dies  

1865  On June - 26 bernard Berenson, art critic (Italian Painters of the Renaissance)  

1866  On June - 26 josef Swickard, Coblenz Germany, actor (Lost City, Tale of 2 Cities)  

1870  On this day in history first section of Atlantic City (NJ) Boardwalk opens  

1870  On this day in history 1st section of Atlantic City (NJ) Boardwalk opens  

1874  On this day in history albert Relf, cricketer (England all-rounder in 13 Tests 1903-14)  

1875  On this day in history camille Zeckwer, composer  

1876  On June - 26 nico[laas P] de Jong, Dutch radio play actor (Laughter & Tears)  

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1575  Anne Catherine of Brandenburg, queen of Denmark and Norway (d. 1612) was born on June - 26.  

1582  On June - 26 birth of johannes Schultz, composer  

1655  On June - 26 birth of jean Deutz, merchant/Amsterdam regent  

1681  On June - 26 birth of hedwig Sophia, duchess of Holstein-Gottorp, Swedish writer (d. 1708)  

1689  On June - 26 birth of edward Holyoke, American academic (d. 1769)  

1694  On June - 26 birth of georg Brandt, Swedish chemist and mineralogist (d. 1768)  

1702  On this day in history birth of philip Doddridge, England, Dr/nonconformist clergyman  

1703  On this day in history birth of thomas Clap, American academic (d. 1767)  

0363  On this day in history flavius C Julianus, [Apostata], emperor of Rome (361-63), dies  

1291  Death of Eleanor of Provence, wife of Henry III of England on this day in history.  

1541  Death of Francisco Pizarro, Spanish conqueror of Peru, assassinated in Lima on June - 26.  

1631  On June - 26 justinus van Nassau, ltalian admiral (Armada), dies  

1657  On June - 26 tobias Michael, composer, dies at 65  

1661  Lazaro Valvasensi, composer, dies at 76 on this day in history.  

1666  On June - 26 richard Fanshawe, diplomat/translator/poet, dies  

1688  Ralph Cudworth, philospher/cleric, dies on June - 26.