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 October - 26.   

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

1859  On this day in history arthur Friedheim, composer   

1861  On October - 26 pony Express ends   

1861  On this day in history richard D Sears, Boston, tennis champ, US Open (1881)   

1863  Football Association forms in England, standardizing soccer on this day in history.   

1863  Worldwide Red Cross organized in Geneva on October - 26.   

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

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

1864  Joseph Moorat, composer on October - 26.   

1867  John Fawcett, composer, dies at 77 on this day in history.   

1868  On October - 26 white terrorists kill several blacks in St Bernard Parish La   

1868  On October - 26 b F Randolph, SC state senator, assassinated   

1869  On October - 26 the first American steeplechase horserace (Westchester, NY)   

1869  1st American steeplechase horserace (Westchester, NY) on this day in history.   

1871  Hermann Lohr, composer on October - 26.   

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

1874  All Grand Trunk Railway lines east of Montreal, 542 miles, are converted from 5' 6" to standard gauge on this day in history.   

1874  On this day in history 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 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  On October - 26 leon Trotsky, Russian revolutionary (pres of 1st Soviet) [OS]   

1881  On this day in history shootout at the OK corral, in Tombstone, Az   

1881  On this day in history gunfight at OK Corral, in Tombstone, Az   

1881  On October - 26 margaret Wycherly, London England, actress (Keeper of the Flame)   

1881  On October - 26 billy Clanton, brother of Ike, dies   

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

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

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

1888  E Runar Schildt, Finnish writer (Segrande Eros) on October - 26.   

1890  On this day in history collodi, [Carlo Lorenzini], Italian writer (Pinocchio), dies   

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1427  Archduke Sigismund of Austria (d. 1496) was born on October - 26.   

1466  Desiderius Erasmus, Holland, scholar/author (In Praise of Folly) was born on October - 26.   

1473  On this day in history birth of friedrich of Saxony (d. 1510)   

1483  On this day in history birth of hans Buchner, composer   

1491  On October - 26 birth of zhengde, Emperor of China (d. 1521)   

1609  On October - 26 birth of william Sprague, English co-founder of Charlestown, Massachusetts (d. 1675)   

1645  Aert de Gelder, Dutch painter (King David) was born on this day in history.   

1673  Dimitrie Cantemir, Romanians historian/monarch of Moldova (1710-11) was born on October - 26.   

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

1132  On this day in history death of floris the Black, brother of earl Dirk VI of Holland, murdered   

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

1440  Death of Gilles de Rais, French marshal, killer of 140 children, hanged on October - 26.   

1576  Frederick II the Vrome, ruler of Palts, dies on this day in history.   

1607  On October - 26 philipp Nicolai, German Lutherian theologist/poet/composer, dies at 52   

1608  On October - 26 juan Pantoja de la Cruz, Spanish royal painter, dies   

1633  On October - 26 death of horio Tadaharu, Japanese warlord (b. 1596)