Page 2: Historical Events In September - 25
Tuesday, 26 May 2026
1690 Publick Occurrences, 1st US (Boston) newspaper, publish 1st and last ed 

1714 Jean-Benoit Leclair, composer. 

1716 Johann Christoph Pez, composer, dies at 52. 

1725 Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot, designed and built 1st automobile. 

1727 Jacques Abbadie, French theologist, dies at about 73 

1729 Christian G Heyne, German archaeologist 

1733 Georg Motz, composer, dies at 79. 

1741 Vaclav Pichl, composer. 

1744 Frederik Willem II, king of Prussia (1786-97) 

1752 Carl Stenborg, composer. 

1766 Armand-Emmanuel, duc de Richelieu, French PM (1815-18, 1820-21). 

1775 American Revolutionary War hero Ethan Allen captured. 

1777 English general William Howe conquers Philadelphia 

1777 Johann Heinrich Lambert, mathematician, dies at 49 

1780 Benedict Arnold joins the British 

1781 -26] Joan Derks scatters "On the People of Netherlands" pamphlets 

1785 George Frederic Pinto, composer. 

1789 Congress proposes Bill of Rights (10 of 12 will ratify) 

1793 Felicia Dorothea Hermans, poet. 

1798 Henri Scheffer, painter 

1804 12th amendment to the US constitution, regulating judicial power 

1804 12th amendment to US constitution, regulating judicial power 

1805 Henry P Scholte, Dutch/US vicar/founder (Pella colony in Iowa) 

1808 Richard Porson, scholar, dies 

1813 Braz Francisco de Lima, composer, dies at 61. 

1818 inaugural human blood transfusion. 

1822 Adolph Wilhelm August Friedrich von Steinwehr, Brig Gen (Union vol) 

1823 Thomas John Wood, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1906 

1829 Failed assassination attempt on Simon BolÃvar 

1829 William Michael Rossetti, civil servant 

1830 Karl Klindworth, pianist/conductor. 

1832 William Le Baron Jenney, US, architect/"father of skyscraper" 

1836 HMS Beagle anchors at St Michael. 

1839 Karl A von Zittel, German geologist/paleontologist (Libya). 

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