Historical Events In 1826

Jan 01   Baron Van der Capellen steps down as Governor of Dutch-Indies   

Jan 06   Herman Grimm, Germany, writer/novelist (Ralph Waldo Emerson)   

Jan 12   Charles Cruft, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1883.   

Jan 15   Mikhail Saltykov, Spas-Ugol Russia, satirist (Family of Noblemen)   

Jan 22   [Merriwether] Jeff Thompson, Partisan (Confederate Army), died in 1876.   

Jan 25   Rembt T H P L A van Boneval Faure, Dutch MP.   

Jan 26   Julia Dent Grant, 1st lady (1862-76).   

Jan 27   Richard Taylor, Lt Gen (Confederate Army), died in 1879.   

Jan 30   The Menai Suspension Bridge, considered the world's inaugural modern suspension bridge, connecting the Isle of Anglesey to the north West coast of Wales is opened.   

Feb 03   Walter Bagehot, England, economist/sociologist   

Feb 04   Halbert Eleazer Paine, Bvt Mjr Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1905   

Feb 09   John Alexander Logan, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1886   

Feb 11   London University founded.   

Feb 13   American Temperance Society, forms in Boston   

Feb 14   Lt. Colonel John By 1781-1836 of the Royal Engineers arrives in Hull to plan construction of the Rideau Canal.   

Feb 15   George J Stoney, Irish physicist   

Feb 16   Franz von Holstein, composer.   

Feb 24   The signing of the Treaty of Yandaboo marks the end of the inaugural Burmese War.   

Feb 25   Piotr A von der Pahlen, military governor of St Petersburg, dies at 60   

Feb 28   M Biela, an Austrian officer, discovers Biela's Comet   

Mar 01   J J Friedrich Weinbrenner, German architect/archaeologist, dies at 59   

Mar 01   John Thomas, composer   

Mar 04   1st US RR chartered, Granite Railway in Quincy, Mass.   

Mar 04   John Buford, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1863.   

Mar 04   The inaugural US RR chartered, Granite Railway in Quincy MA.   

Mar 09   Jean Joseph Bott, German violinist/composer   

Mar 10   Johan VI M L J, King of Portugal (1816-26), dies at 56   

Mar 11   Gervais-Francois Couperin, composer, dies at 66.   

Mar 12   Robert Lowry, composer   

Mar 14   General Congress of South American States assembles at Panama.   

Mar 14   William Fisk Sherwin, composer.   

Mar 17   Oskar Peschel, German journalist/geography (Volkerkunder)   

Mar 20   Carel Vosmaer, Dutch art historian/poet/editor.   

Mar 21   Beethoven's Quartet #13 in B flat major (Op 130) premiered in Vienna.   

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Jan 06   Herman Grimm, Germany, writer/novelist (Ralph Waldo Emerson) was born in the year 1826.   

Jan 12   In the year 1826 birth of charles Cruft, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1883   

Jan 15   In the year 1826 birth of mikhail Saltykov, Spas-Ugol Russia, satirist (Family of Noblemen)   

Jan 22   [Merriwether] Jeff Thompson, Partisan (Confederate Army), died in 1876 was born in the year 1826.   

Jan 25   Rembt T H P L A van Boneval Faure, Dutch MP was born on this day in history.   

Jan 26   On this day in history birth of julia Dent Grant, 1st lady (1862-76)   

Jan 27   On this day in history birth of richard Taylor, Lt Gen (Confederate Army), died in 1879   

Feb 03   In the year 1826 birth of walter Bagehot, England, economist/sociologist   

Jan 03   In the year 1826 death of louis Gabriel Suchet, French marshal (b. 1770)   

Jan 17   Juan Crisóstomo Arriaga, Spanish composer (b. 1806) died in the year 1826.   

Feb 13   Petr Alekseevich Pahlen, Russian general (b. 1745) died on this day in history.   

Feb 25   Piotr A von der Pahlen, military governor of St Petersburg, dies at 60 on this day in history.   

Mar 01   J J Friedrich Weinbrenner, German architect/archaeologist, dies at 59 in the year 1826.   

Mar 10   Johan VI M L J, King of Portugal (1816-26), dies at 56 in the year 1826.   

Mar 11   In the year 1826 gervais-Francois Couperin, composer, dies at 66   

Mar 27   In the year 1826 jakob Haibel, composer, dies at 63