Page 2: Historical Events In June - 26

1794  On this day in history battle of Colors: France under Jourdan beats Austrian army   

1797  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1798  On June - 26 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 June - 26.   

1819  Johann Wilhelm Stadler, composer, dies at 71 on June - 26.   

1821  On this day in history bartolomé Mitre, Argentine general   

1823  Frederick Bowen Jewson, composer on this day in history.   

1824  On this day in history the birth of Lord Kelvin, British Physicist   

1824  On June - 26 kelvin, [William Thomson], British physicist (Kelvin Scale)   

1827  Christian A Vulpius, German writer (Ornaldo Ornaldini), dies on June - 26.   

1831  Julius Rodenberg, [Levy], German writer (Kriegs-Songs of War & Peace) on June - 26.   

1836  On this day in history 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  On June - 26 hong Kong proclaimed a British Crown Colony   

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 this day in history 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 June - 26.   

1862  Battle of Beaver Dam Creek-Union repulse Confederacy in Virginia on this day in history.   

1862  Day 2 of the 7 Days-Battle of Mechanicsville on June - 26.   

1862  Battle of Beaver Dam Creek-Union repulses Confederacy in Virginia on this day in history.   

1863  Andrew Hull Foote, US Union lt admiral, dies on this day in history.   

1865  Bernard Berenson, art critic (Italian Painters of the Renaissance) on this day in history.   

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

1870  First section of Atlantic City (NJ) Boardwalk opens on June - 26.   

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

1874  Albert Relf, cricketer (England all-rounder in 13 Tests 1903-14) on this day in history.   

1875  Camille Zeckwer, composer on June - 26.   

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

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1575  Anne Catherine of Brandenburg, queen of Denmark and Norway (d. 1612) was born on this day in history.   

1582  On this day in history birth of johannes Schultz, composer   

1655  On this day in history 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 June - 26 birth of thomas Clap, American academic (d. 1767)   

0363  On June - 26 flavius C Julianus, [Apostata], emperor of Rome (361-63), dies   

1291  On June - 26 death of eleanor of Provence, wife of Henry III of England   

1541  On June - 26 death of francisco Pizarro, Spanish conqueror of Peru, assassinated in Lima   

1631  On this day in history 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 this day in history richard Fanshawe, diplomat/translator/poet, dies   

1688  On June - 26 ralph Cudworth, philospher/cleric, dies