Page 3: Historical Events In October - 26

1858  Hamilton Smith patents rotary washing machine on October - 26.   

1858  Isac Baker Woodbury, composer, dies at 39 on this day in history.   

1859  The Royal Charter is wrecked on the coast of Anglesey, north Wales with 459 dead on this day in history.   

1859  On October - 26 arthur Friedheim, composer   

1861  On this day in history pony Express ends   

1861  On October - 26 richard D Sears, Boston, tennis champ, US Open (1881)   

1863  Football Association forms in England, standardizing soccer on October - 26.   

1863  On October - 26 worldwide Red Cross organized in Geneva   

1863  Soccer rules standardized; rugby starts as a separate game on this day in history.   

1864  On this day in history union troops ambush & kill 'Bloody' Bill Anderson in Richmond MI   

1864  On October - 26 joseph Moorat, composer   

1867  On October - 26 john Fawcett, composer, dies at 77   

1868  White terrorists kill several blacks in St Bernard Parish La on October - 26.   

1868  On this day in history b F Randolph, SC state senator, assassinated   

1869  On this day in history the first American steeplechase horserace (Westchester, NY)   

1869  1st American steeplechase horserace (Westchester, NY) on October - 26.   

1871  Hermann Lohr, composer on this day in history.   

1873  On this day in history thorvald Stauning, Denmark, PM (1924-26, 1929-42)   

1874  On October - 26 all Grand Trunk Railway lines east of Montreal, 542 miles, are converted from 5' 6" to standard gauge.   

1874  On October - 26 peter Cornelius, German composer, dies at 49   

1875  On October - 26 h[arry] B[yron] Warner, London England, actor (King of Kings)   

1876  President sends federal troops to SC on October - 26.   

1878  On October - 26 australian bushranger Ned Kelly shoots and kills three police officers at Stringybark Creek, Victoria.   

1879  On this day in history the birth of Leon Trotsky, Communist leader   

1879  Leon Trotsky, Russian revolutionary (pres of 1st Soviet) [OS] on October - 26.   

1881  Shootout at the OK corral, in Tombstone, Az on this day in history.   

1881  Gunfight at OK Corral, in Tombstone, Az on October - 26.   

1881  On this day in history margaret Wycherly, London England, actress (Keeper of the Flame)   

1881  Billy Clanton, brother of Ike, dies on October - 26.   

1886  On this day in history modest Mussorgsky's "A Night on Bald Mountain," premieres in Russia   

1886  On October - 26 gustav Hermann Unger, composer   

1887  On this day in history detroit (NL) beats St Louis (AA) 10 games to 5 in World Series   

1888  On October - 26 e Runar Schildt, Finnish writer (Segrande Eros)   

1890  On October - 26 collodi, [Carlo Lorenzini], Italian writer (Pinocchio), dies   

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1427  On this day in history birth of archduke Sigismund of Austria (d. 1496)   

1466  On October - 26 birth of desiderius Erasmus, Holland, scholar/author (In Praise of Folly)   

1473  Friedrich of Saxony (d. 1510) was born on October - 26.   

1483  On October - 26 birth of hans Buchner, composer   

1491  On this day in history birth of zhengde, Emperor of China (d. 1521)   

1609  William Sprague, English co-founder of Charlestown, Massachusetts (d. 1675) was born on October - 26.   

1645  Aert de Gelder, Dutch painter (King David) was born on October - 26.   

1673  Dimitrie Cantemir, Romanians historian/monarch of Moldova (1710-11) was born on this day in history.   

0899  Alfred the Great, writer/king of Wessex (871-99), dies on this day in history.   

1132  Death of Floris the Black, brother of earl Dirk VI of Holland, murdered on October - 26.   

1235  Andres II Arpad, King of Hungary (1205-35), dies on October - 26.   

1440  On this day in history death of gilles de Rais, French marshal, killer of 140 children, hanged   

1576  On this day in history frederick II the Vrome, ruler of Palts, dies   

1607  On this day in history philipp Nicolai, German Lutherian theologist/poet/composer, dies at 52   

1608  Juan Pantoja de la Cruz, Spanish royal painter, dies on October - 26.   

1633  On this day in history death of horio Tadaharu, Japanese warlord (b. 1596)