Page 3: Historical Events In October - 26

1858  Hamilton Smith patents rotary washing machine on this day in history.   

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

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

1859  Arthur Friedheim, composer on October - 26.   

1861  On October - 26 pony Express ends   

1861  Richard D Sears, Boston, tennis champ, US Open (1881) on October - 26.   

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

1863  Worldwide Red Cross organized in Geneva on this day in history.   

1863  On October - 26 soccer rules standardized; rugby starts as a separate game   

1864  Union troops ambush & kill 'Bloody' Bill Anderson in Richmond MI on October - 26.   

1864  On this day in history joseph Moorat, composer   

1867  John Fawcett, composer, dies at 77 on October - 26.   

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  On this day in history 1st American steeplechase horserace (Westchester, NY)   

1871  On this day in history hermann Lohr, composer   

1873  Thorvald Stauning, Denmark, PM (1924-26, 1929-42) on this day in history.   

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  H[arry] B[yron] Warner, London England, actor (King of Kings) on October - 26.   

1876  On this day in history president sends federal troops to SC   

1878  On this day in history australian bushranger Ned Kelly shoots and kills three police officers at Stringybark Creek, Victoria.   

1879  The birth of Leon Trotsky, Communist leader on October - 26.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1881  Billy Clanton, brother of Ike, dies on this day in history.   

1886  Modest Mussorgsky's "A Night on Bald Mountain," premieres in Russia on October - 26.   

1886  Gustav Hermann Unger, composer on this day in history.   

1887  On October - 26 detroit (NL) beats St Louis (AA) 10 games to 5 in World Series   

1888  On this day in history e Runar Schildt, Finnish writer (Segrande Eros)   

1890  On this day in history 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  Desiderius Erasmus, Holland, scholar/author (In Praise of Folly) was born on this day in history.   

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

1483  On October - 26 birth of hans Buchner, composer   

1491  On October - 26 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  On this day in history alfred the Great, writer/king of Wessex (871-99), dies   

1132  Death of Floris the Black, brother of earl Dirk VI of Holland, murdered on this day in history.   

1235  Andres II Arpad, King of Hungary (1205-35), dies on this day in history.   

1440  On October - 26 death of gilles de Rais, French marshal, killer of 140 children, hanged   

1576  On October - 26 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 October - 26 death of horio Tadaharu, Japanese warlord (b. 1596)