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Thursday, 19 February 2026
Dec 16 Wilhelm Grimm, writer, dies at 73 
Dec 18 South Carolina declared an "independent commonwealth"
Dec 19 Grading started for Market Street RR
Dec 20 Antonius J Derkinderen, Dutch painter/etcher.
Dec 21 Gustave Kahn, France, poet (claimed to have invented vers libre).
Dec 21 Nicolaas C Kist, Dutch church historian/archivist, dies at 66.
Dec 22 Cecil [James] Sharp, London England, folk musician
Dec 22 In Winnipeg Manitoba the Nor'Wester newspaper is inaugural published on the Canadian Prairies
Dec 24 Roman Statkowski, composer
Dec 25 Raoul Gunsbourg, composer.
Dec 26 Johan F van Bemmelen, Dutch zoologist
Dec 27 The Grand Trunk Railway completes its line between Toronto and Sarnia and establishes a ferry service across the St. Clair River to Fort Gratiot (Port Huron).
Dec 27 William Henry Hadow, composer
Dec 28 Gerard Brucken Fock, composer.
Dec 28 Thomas Babington Macaulay, English essayist/historian, dies.
Dec 28 William Coldwell and William Buckingham publish inaugural issue of The Nor'Wester at Fort Garry.
Dec 29 Venustiano Carranza, pres of Mexico (1915-20).
Dec 30 Josef Bohuslav Foerster, composer.
Dec 31 Dutch colony in Dutch Indies counts 4800 slaves.
Dec 31 Luigi Ricci, composer, dies at 54
Dec 31 Max Fiedler, composer
