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Monday, 23 February 2026
Apr 28 Conradus Leemans, Dutch archaeologist 
May 05 Citizenship is denied to Jews of Canton of Aargau Switzerland.
May 05 Mary Kies is inaugural woman issued a US patent (weaving straw)
May 05 Mary Kies of South Killingly, CT was the inaugural woman to be issued a U.S. patent, she was granted a patent for the rights to a technique for weaving straw with silk and thread
May 06 William Walker, composer.
May 08 Augustin Pajou, French sculptor (Bachante), dies at 78
May 17 Leopold Auenbrugger von Auenbrugg, physician, dies
May 17 Papal States annexed by France.
May 21 Battle at Aspern-Essling Austrian arch duke Karl beats Napoleon
May 21 Battle at Aspern-Essling: Austrian arch duke Karl beats Napoleon
May 24 Dartmoor Prison opens to house French prisoners of war
May 30 Johan B Scheffer, portrait painter, dies at about 43.
May 31 Ferdinand von Schill, Prussian officer/rebel, dies in battle at 33
Jun 01 Allardyce Barclay begins a bet of walking 1 mile every hour for 1000 hours. Each hour he walked a mile round trip from his home
Jun 01 Allardyce Barclay begins a bet of walking 1 mile every hour for 1000 hours. Each hour he walked a « mile round trip from his home.
Jun 03 John "Christmas" Beckwith, composer, dies at 58.
Jun 04 Nicolai Arbraham Abildgaard, Danish painter/architect, dies at 65.
Jun 06 Sweden declares independence, constitutional monarchy established.
Jun 08 Thomas Paine, writer (Age of Reason, Common Sense), dies at 72
Jun 10 1st US steamboat to a make an ocean voyage leaves NY for Phila
Jun 10 The inaugural US steamboat to a make an ocean voyage leaves NY for Phila.
Jun 13 George Philip St Cooke, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1895.
Jun 18 Sylvanus William Godon, Commander (Union Navy), died in 1879.
Jun 27 Francois de Canrobert, French marshal/parliament member.
Jul 03 Joseph Quesne, composer, dies at 62
Jul 05 -6) Battle of Wagram.
Jul 05 Napoleon annexes the Papal States Pope Pius VII is taken prisoner July 5 and will remain in custody until 1814.
Jul 05 The Battle of Wagram ends in victory for the French but at a terrible cost 23000 French soldiers killed or wounded, 7000 missing out of a 181700-man army that includes 29000 cavalrymen, while the Austrian army of 181700 (4600 cavalrymen) is forced to retreat after losing 19110 killed or wounded, 6740 missing.
Jul 05 The Battle of Wagram ends in victory for the French but at a terrible cost: 23000 French soldiers killed or wounded, 7000 missing out of a 181700-man army that includes 29000 cavalrymen, while the Austrian army of 181700 (4600 cavalrymen) is forced to retreat after losing 19110 killed or wounded, 6740 missing.
Jul 08 Ljudwit Gaj, Croatian writer/poet (Pjesma iz Zagorja).
Jul 09 Frederick Henle, Germany, pathologist.
Jul 16 The city of La Paz, in what is today Bolivia, declared its independence from Spanish Crown and formed the Junta Tuitiva, the inaugural independent government in Spanish America, lead by Pedro Domingo Murillo
Jul 24 Johann Gottfried Eckard, composer, dies at 74
Jul 27 Battle at Talavera: British/Spanish army vs French army.
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