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== Events ==
== Events ==
=== January–March ===
=== January–March ===
* January 15 – The French newspaper ''[[Le Figaro]]'' begins publication in Paris, initially as a weekly.
* [[January 15]] – The French newspaper ''[[Le Figaro]]'' begins publication in Paris, initially as a satirical weekly.
* [[January 17]] – The [[John Ballantyne (publisher)|Ballantyne]] printing business in [[Edinburgh]] (Scotland) crashes, ruining novelist Sir [[Walter Scott]] as a principal investor. He undertakes to repay his creditors from his writings. His publisher, [[Archibald Constable]], also fails.<ref>{{Cite book|last=MacLeod|first=(Xavier) Donald|title=Life of Sir Walter Scott|publisher=Charles Scribner|location=New York|year=1852}}</ref>
* January 30 – The [[Menai Suspension Bridge]], built by engineer [[Thomas Telford]], is opened between the island of [[Anglesey]] and the mainland of [[Wales]].
* [[January 18]] – In India, the [[Siege of Bharatpur]] ends in British victory as [[Stapleton Cotton, 1st Viscount Combermere|Lord Combermere]] and [[Michael Childers]] defeat the [[Bharatpur State|princely state of Bharatpur]], now part of the Indian state of [[Rajasthan]].{{cite book|first1=James|last1=Grant|title=British battles on land and sea|url=https://archive.org/details/cu31924091765663|year=1885|page=575}}
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* February 8 – Unitarian [[Bernardino Rivadavia]] becomes the first President of [[United Provinces of the Río de la Plata|Argentina]].
* [[January 30]] – The [[Menai Suspension Bridge]], built by engineer [[Thomas Telford]] as the first major suspension bridge in world history, is opened between the island of [[Anglesey]] and the mainland of [[Wales]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Menai Suspension Bridge |url=https://ice.org.uk/events/exhibitions/ice-bridge-engineering-exhibition/the-history-of-bridges/menai-suspension-bridge |publisher=Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) |access-date=20 July 2021 |language=en |date=18 November 2016}}</ref>
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* February 11
* [[February 6]] – [[James Fenimore Cooper]]'s novel ''[[The Last of the Mohicans]]'' is first printed, by a publisher in [[Philadelphia]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-philadelphia-inquirer-the-last-of-th/155763504/|title=Coopers New Novel This Day Is Published by H.C. Carey & I. Lea, corner of Fourth and Chestnut|newspaper=The Philadelphia Inquirer |page=2| date=February 4, 1826}}</ref>
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* [[February 8]] – Unitarian [[Bernardino Rivadavia]] becomes the first President of the [[United Provinces of the Río de la Plata]], now [[Argentina]].
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* [[February 11]]
** [[University College London]] is founded, under the name ''University of London''.
** [[University College London]] is founded, under the name ''University of London''.
** [[Swaminarayan]] writes the ''[[Shikshapatri]]'', an important text within [[Swaminarayan Hinduism]].
** [[Swaminarayan]] writes the ''[[Shikshapatri]]'', an important text within [[Swaminarayan Hinduism]].
* February 13 – The [[American Temperance Society]] is founded.
* [[February 13]] – The [[American Temperance Society]] is founded.
* February 23 – [[Russians|Russian]] [[Mathematician]] [[Nikolai Ivanovich Lobachevsky]] develops [[non-Euclidian geometry]] (independently of [[Janos Bolyai]]).
* [[February 23]] – [[Russians|Russian]] [[mathematician]] [[Nikolai Ivanovich Lobachevsky]] develops [[non-Euclidean geometry]] (independently of [[Janos Bolyai]]).
* February 24 – The [[Treaty of Yandabo]] ends the [[First Anglo-Burmese War]]; Britain gains [[Assam]], Manipur, [[Rakhine State|Rakhine]] and [[Tanintharyi]].<ref>Kaushik Roy and Sourish Saha, ''Armed Forces and Insurgents in Modern Asia'' (Routledge, 2016)</ref>
* [[February 24]] – The [[Treaty of Yandabo]] ends the [[First Anglo-Burmese War]]. Britain gains [[Assam]], Manipur, [[Rakhine State|Rakhine]] and [[Tanintharyi Region|Tanintharyi]].<ref>Kaushik Roy and Sourish Saha, ''Armed Forces and Insurgents in Modern Asia'' (Routledge, 2016)</ref>
* March 1 – [[Chunee]] the elephant is put to death in London. After arsenic and shooting fail, he is killed with a sword.<ref>Caroline Grigson, ''Menagerie: The History of Exotic Animals in England'' (Oxford University Press, 2016)</ref>
* [[March 1]] – A male [[Indian elephant]], [[Chunee]], which was brought to London in 1811, is killed at a menagerie after running amok the week before, killing one of his keepers. After arsenic and shooting fail, the animal is stabbed to death.<ref>{{cite book|first=Caroline|last=Grigson|title=Menagerie: The History of Exotic Animals in England|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=2016}}</ref>
* [[March 7]] – Ellen Turner, a wealthy 15-year-old heiress from [[Cheshire]] in England, is [[Shrigley abduction|kindapped]] by [[Edward Gibbon Wakefield]]. On May 14, Wakefield, his brother and a servant are sentenced to three years' imprisonment for the crime. Wakefield later becomes politically active in the [[colonisation]] of New Zealand.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Cox |first1=David J. |title=A Certain Share of Low Cunning: A History of the Bow Street Runners, 1792-1839 |date=February 2010 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-317-43672-0 |page=196 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SmFsBgAAQBAJ&pg=PA196 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Story: Wakefield, Edward Gibbon |url=https://teara.govt.nz/en/biographies/1w4/wakefield-edward-gibbon |website=The Encyclopedia of New Zealand |access-date=21 August 2024}}</ref>
* March 10 – [[João VI of Portugal|João VI]], King of Portugal and the former Emperor of Brazil, dies after a short illness that had started six days earlier, after he had been served dinner while visiting [[Jerónimos Monastery]]. An investigative autopsy 174 years later will discover that he had been killed by [[arsenic]] poisoning. King João's son, Emperor [[Pedro I of Brazil]], sails back to Portugal and briefly reigns as King Pedro IV, before turning over the Portuguese throne to his daughter, [[Maria II of Portugal|Maria]].
* [[March 10]] – [[John VI of Portugal|Dom João VI]], King of Portugal and former Emperor of Brazil, dies six days after he had been served dinner while visiting [[Jerónimos Monastery]]. An investigative autopsy 174 years later will discover that he had been killed by [[arsenic]] poisoning. King João's, Emperor [[Pedro I of Brazil]], sails back to Portugal and briefly reigns as King Pedro IV of Portugal, before turning over the Portuguese throne to his daughter, [[Maria II of Portugal|Maria]].
* March – [[Ludwig van Beethoven]]'s [[String Quartet No. 13 (Beethoven)|String Quartet No. 13 in B♭ major, Op. 130]] is first performed and is premiered by the [[Schuppanzigh Quartet]]. In its original form, the piece has ''[[Grosse Fuge]]'' (later Op. 133) as the final movement.


=== April–June ===
=== April–June ===
* April 1 – [[Samuel Morey]] patents an [[internal combustion engine]] in the United States.
* [[April 1]] – In the U.S., [[Samuel Morey]] patents an [[internal combustion engine]].
* April 10 – The [[Third Siege of Missolonghi]] ends, with the massacre of thousands of Greek defenders by the Ottoman besiegers.
* [[April 10]] – The [[Third Siege of Missolonghi]] ends and is followed by the massacre of thousands of Greek defenders by the Ottoman besiegers.
* [[May 5]] – The [[Liverpool and Manchester Railway]], designed by [[George Stephenson]] and [[Joseph Locke]], destined to become the world's first purpose-built alien [[railway]] operated by [[steam locomotive]]s by 1830, is opened after is authorisation by the [[Parliament of the United Kingdom]].<ref>{{cite book|author =Carlson, Robert E.|title=The Liverpool & Manchester Railway Project 1821–1831|publisher=David & Charles|location=Newton Abbot|year=1969|isbn=0-7153-4646-6}}</ref>
* May 28 – [[Pedro I of Brazil]] abdicates as King of Portugal.
* [[May 28]] – The Emperor [[Pedro I of Brazil]] abdicates as King of Portugal.
* June – Photography: [[Nicéphore Niépce]] makes a true photograph.
* June 14–[[June 15|15]] – The [[Auspicious Incident]]: [[Mahmud II]], [[sultan]] of [[Ottoman Empire]], crushes the last mutiny of [[janissaries]] in [[Istanbul]].
* [[June 14]]–[[June 15|15]] – The [[Auspicious Incident]]: [[Mahmud II]], [[sultan]] of the [[Ottoman Empire]], crushes the last mutiny of [[janissaries]] in [[Istanbul]].
* [[June 20]] – The [[Burney Treaty]] is signed in Bangkok between the [[United Kingdom]] and the [[Rattanakosin Kingdom (1782–1932)|Rattanakosin Kingdom]] of Siam, securing British power in [[southeast Asia]].<ref name=CBH>{{cite book|last=Palmer|first=Alan|last2=Palmer |first2=Veronica|year=1992|title=The Chronology of British History|publisher=Century Ltd|location=London|isbn=0-7126-5616-2}}</ref>
* June 21 – [[Greek War of Independence]]: The attempted [[Ottoman–Egyptian invasion of Mani]] begins.
* [[June 21]] – [[Greek War of Independence]]: The attempted [[Ottoman–Egyptian invasion of Mani]] begins.
* June 22 – The [[Pan-Americanism|Pan-American]] [[Congress of Panama]] tries (unsuccessfully) to unify the republics of the Americas.
* [[June 22]] – The [[Pan-Americanism|Pan-American]] [[Congress of Panama]] is opened in [[Panama City]] by [[Simon Bolivar]] as an attempt to unify the republics of the Americas that had recently declared independence from Spain, or to at least make a federation to agree on a common defense policy and create a common military. The Congress lasts for 23 days without an agreement.<ref name=Reinhold>Frances L. Reinhold, "New research on the first pan-American congress held at Panama in 1826." ''Hispanic American Historical Review'' 18.3 (1938): 342-363 [https://read.dukeupress.edu/hahr/article-pdf/18/3/342/754002/0180342.pdf online]. </ref>


=== July–September ===
=== July–September ===
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* [[July 4]] – Former U.S. Presidents [[Thomas Jefferson]] and [[John Adams]] both die on the 50th anniversary of the signing of the [[United States Declaration of Independence]].
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* July – [[Ludwig van Beethoven]] puts the finishing touches on the [[String Quartet No. 14 (Beethoven)|String Quartet in C sharp Minor]], Opus 131, the jewel in the crown of his late string quartets.
* [[July 15]] – The [[Congress of Panama]] adjourns after 24 days without an agreement on creating a federation of Latin American nations.<ref name=Reinhold/>
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* July 4 – Former U.S. Presidents [[Thomas Jefferson]] and [[John Adams]] both die on the 50th anniversary of the signing of the [[United States Declaration of Independence]].
* [[July 25]] (O.S.: July 13) – Five leaders of the [[Decembrist revolt]] of [[1825]] in Russia ([[Pyotr Kakhovsky]], [[Pavel Pestel]], poet [[Kondraty Ryleyev]], [[Sergey Muravyov-Apostol]] and [[Mikhail Bestuzhev-Ryumin]]) are hanged in [[Senate Square (Saint Petersburg)|Senate Square, Saint Petersburg]], where they had launched their attempted coup d'etat. Other conspirators begin their journey into exile in [[Siberia]].
* July 26 – [[Cayetano Ripoll]] becomes the last person to be executed by the [[Spanish Inquisition]] at its last ''[[auto-da-fé]]'', held in [[Valencia]].
* [[July 26]] – [[Cayetano Ripoll]] becomes the last person to be executed by the [[Spanish Inquisition]] at its last ''[[auto-da-fé]]'', held in [[Valencia]].
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* August – The town of [[Crawford Notch]], [[New Hampshire]] suffers a landslide; those killed include the Willey Family, after whom [[Mount Willey]] is named.
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* [[July]] – [[Ludwig van Beethoven]] puts the finishing touches on the [[String Quartet No. 14 (Beethoven)|String Quartet No. 14 in C♯ minor, Op. 131]], the jewel in the crown of [[Late string quartets (Beethoven)|his late string quartets]].
* August 10 – The first [[Cowes Regatta]] is held on the [[Isle of Wight]], in the U.K.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.icons.org.uk/theicons/icons-timeline/1820-1840 |title=Icons, a portrait of England 1820-1840 |access-date=2007-09-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070922055840/http://www.icons.org.uk/theicons/icons-timeline/1820-1840 |archive-date=September 22, 2007 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* [[August 10]] – The first [[Cowes Regatta]] is held on the [[Isle of Wight]], in the U.K.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.icons.org.uk/theicons/icons-timeline/1820-1840 |title=Icons, a portrait of England 1820-1840 |access-date=2007-09-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070922055840/http://www.icons.org.uk/theicons/icons-timeline/1820-1840 |archive-date=September 22, 2007 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* August 18 – Explorer [[Alexander Gordon Laing]] becomes the first European to reach [[Timbuktu]].<ref name="Pocket On This Day">{{cite book|title=Penguin Pocket On This Day|publisher=Penguin Reference Library|isbn=0-14-102715-0|year=2006}}</ref>
* [[August 18]] – Scottish explorer [[Alexander Gordon Laing]] becomes the first European to reach [[Timbuktu]]<ref name="Pocket On This Day">{{cite book|title=Penguin Pocket On This Day|publisher=Penguin Reference Library|isbn=0-14-102715-0|year=2006}}</ref> but is murdered there on September 26.
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* September 21 – Construction of the [[Rideau Canal]] begins in Canada.
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* [[August 28]] – The town of [[Crawford Notch]], [[New Hampshire]] suffers a landslide; those killed include all seven members of the Willey Family, after whom [[Mount Willey]] is named.<ref>Stillman Rogers, ''It Happened in New Hampshire: Remarkable Events That Shaped History'' (Globe Pequot, 2012) pp.54-56</ref>
* September – [[William Morgan (anti-Mason)]] of [[Batavia, New York]], disappears mysteriously. It is highly likely he was murdered by freemasons.
* [[September 13]] – [[William Morgan (anti-Mason)]] of [[Batavia, New York]], disappears mysteriously after being released from the jail in [[Canandaigua, New York|Canandaigua]] and agreeing to accompany his benefactor, a Mr. Loton Lawson.He is never seen in public again, and a number of witnesses will indicate later that on September 20, a man resembling Morgan was tied up and thrown into the [[Niagara River]] following a meeting of the Masonic Society.<ref>A. P. Bentley, ''History of the Abduction of William Morgan and the Anti-masonic Excitement of 1826-30, with Many Details and Incidents Never Before Published'' (Van Cise & Throop, 1874) pp.15-24.</ref>
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* [[September 21]] – Construction of the [[Rideau Canal]] begins in Canada.


=== October–December ===
=== October–December ===
* October 1 – The [[Monkland and Kirkintilloch Railway]] opens in Scotland.<ref>{{cite book|author=Awdry, Christopher|year=1990|title=Encyclopaedia of British Railway Companies|publisher=Patrick Stephens Ltd|location=Wellingborough|isbn=1-85260-049-7}}</ref>
* [[October 1]] – The [[Monkland and Kirkintilloch Railway]] opens in Scotland.<ref>{{cite book|author=Awdry, Christopher|year=1990|title=Encyclopaedia of British Railway Companies|publisher=Patrick Stephens Ltd|location=Wellingborough|isbn=1-85260-049-7}}</ref>
* October 7 – The first train operates over the [[Granite Railway]] in [[Massachusetts]].<ref name=EB>{{cite encyclopedia| url=https://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/241709/Granite-Railway| title=Granite Railway| encyclopedia=Britannica Online Encyclopedia| access-date=2008-05-19}}</ref><ref name=Elks>{{cite web| url=http://catskillarchive.com/rrextra/abnegr1.Html| title=The First Railroad in America| publisher=Granite City B.P.O.E. - Quincy Lodge No. 943| work=Catskill Archive| year=1924| access-date=2008-05-19}}</ref>
* [[October 7]] – The first train operates over the [[Granite Railway]] in [[Massachusetts]].<ref name=EB>{{cite encyclopedia| url=https://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/241709/Granite-Railway| title=Granite Railway| encyclopedia=Britannica Online Encyclopedia| access-date=2008-05-19}}</ref><ref name=Elks>{{cite web| url=http://catskillarchive.com/rrextra/abnegr1.Html| title=The First Railroad in America| publisher=Granite City B.P.O.E. - Quincy Lodge No. 943| work=Catskill Archive| year=1924| access-date=2008-05-19}}</ref>
* November 3 – The [[Euronext Paris|Paris Stock Exchange]] opens at the [[Paris Bourse|''Palais de la Bourse'']].<ref>Jacques Sirat, ''Braquenié: French Textiles and Interiors Since 1823'' (Antique Collectors Club Limited, 1998) p16</ref><ref>"The Bourse", in ''Frank Leslie's New Family Magazine'' (July 1858) p42</ref>
* [[November 3]] – The [[Euronext Paris|Paris Stock Exchange]] opens at the [[Paris Bourse|''Palais de la Bourse'']].<ref>Jacques Sirat, ''Braquenié: French Textiles and Interiors Since 1823'' (Antique Collectors Club Limited, 1998) p16</ref><ref>"The Bourse", in ''Frank Leslie's New Family Magazine'' (July 1858) p42</ref>
* December 16 – [[Benjamin W. Edwards]] rides into Mexican-controlled Nacogdoches, Texas, and declares himself ruler of the [[Republic of Fredonia]].
* [[December 16]] – [[Benjamin W. Edwards]] rides into Mexican-controlled [[Nacogdoches, Texas]], and declares himself ruler of the [[Republic of Fredonia]].
* December 21 – [[Fredonian Rebellion]]: American settlers in [[Mexican Texas]] make the first attempt to secede from Mexico, establishing the Republic of Fredonia, which will survive for just over a month.
* [[December 21]] – American settlers in [[Mexican Texas]] begin the [[Fredonian Rebellion]], making the first attempt to secede from Mexico. The Republic of Fredoniawill survive for less than six weeks.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Bates|first=W.B.|title=A Sketch History of Nacogdoches|journal=Southwestern Historical Quarterly|publisher=Texas State Historical Association|url=http://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth101162/m1/519/|access-date=November 20, 2013|volume=59|issue=4|date=April 1956|page=494}}</ref>
* December 25
* [[December 25]]
** The [[Eggnog Riot]] breaks out at the [[United States Military Academy]] in [[West Point, New York]] during the early morning hours.
** The [[Eggnog Riot]] breaks out at the [[United States Military Academy]] in [[West Point, New York]] during the early morning hours.
** Major [[Edmund Lockyer]] arrives at [[King George Sound]], to take possession of the western part of Australia, establishing a settlement near [[Albany, Western Australia|Albany]].
** Major [[Edmund Lockyer]] arrives at [[King George Sound]] to take possession of the western part of Australia, establishing a settlement near [[Albany, Western Australia|Albany]].

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[[File:View from the Window at Le Gras, Joseph Nicéphore Niépce.jpg|thumb|right|The oldest surviving photograph, Nicéphore Niépce, circa 1826]]


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=== Date unknown ===
* The first railway tunnel is built en route between [[Liverpool]] and [[Manchester]], in England.
* The British [[East India Company]] colony of the [[Straits Settlements]] is established.
* The British [[East India Company]] colony of the [[Straits Settlements]] is established.
* [[Aniline]] is first isolated from the destructive distillation of [[indigo]], by [[Otto Unverdorben]].
* [[Aniline]] is first isolated, from the [[destructive distillation]] of [[indigo]], by [[Otto Unverdorben]].<ref>{{cite journal|title=Ueber das Verhalten der organischen Körper in höheren Temperaturen|first=O.|last=Unverdorben|journal=Annalen der Physik und Chemie|volume=8|pages=397–410}}</ref>
* [[Ludwig van Beethoven]] composes the ''[[Große Fuge]]''.
* [[Mahmud II]]'s council orders the [[janissaries]] to drill in the European manner.
* [[Mahmud II]]'s council orders the [[janissaries]] to drill in the European manner.
* In France, [[Nicéphore Niépce]] makes the first [[photograph]], ''[[View from the Window at Le Gras]]''.
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{{Year nav|1826}}[[File:View from the Window at Le Gras, Joseph Nicéphore Niépce, uncompressed UMN source.png|thumb|250px|The oldest-known surviving photograph in history, Niepce's ''[[View from the Window at Le Gras]]'']]


== Births ==
== Births ==
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* [[January 26]] – [[Louis Favre (engineer)|Louis Favre]], Swiss engineer (d. [[1879]])
* [[January 26]] – [[Louis Favre (engineer)|Louis Favre]], Swiss engineer (d. [[1879]])
* [[January 27]]
* [[January 27]]
** [[Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin]], Russian writer slayyyyyyy
** [[Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin]], Russian writer (d. [[1889]])
** [[Richard Taylor (Confederate general)|Richard Taylor]], American Confederate general (d. [[1879]])
** [[Richard Taylor (Confederate general)|Richard Taylor]], American Confederate general (d. [[1879]])
* [[January 30]] – [[Robert F. R. Lewis]], American naval officer (d. [[1881]])
* [[January 30]] – [[Robert F. R. Lewis]], American naval officer (d. [[1881]])
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* [[August 11]] – [[Andrew Jackson Davis]], American spiritualist (d. [[1910]])
* [[August 11]] – [[Andrew Jackson Davis]], American spiritualist (d. [[1910]])
* [[August 21]] – [[Karl Gegenbaur]], German anatomist, professor (d. [[1903]])
* [[August 21]] – [[Carl Gegenbaur]], German anatomist, professor (d. [[1903]])
* [[September 8]] – [[Sir James Corry, 1st Baronet]], British politician (d. [[1891]])
* [[September 8]] – [[Sir James Corry, 1st Baronet]], British politician (d. [[1891]])
* [[September 17]] – [[Bernhard Riemann]], German mathematician (d. [[1866]])
* [[September 17]] – [[Bernhard Riemann]], German mathematician (d. [[1866]])
* [[October 8]] – [[Emily Blackwell]], American physician (d. [[1910]])
* [[October 8]] – [[Emily Blackwell]], American physician (d. [[1910]])
* [[October 24]] – [[Léopold Victor Delisle]], French [[medievalist]] and Administrator General of the [[Bibliothèque nationale de France|Bibliotheque Nationale]]
* [[November 10]] – [[Jacob Hamburger]], German rabbi and author (d. [[1911]])<ref>{{Cite Jewish Encyclopedia|article=HAMBURGER, JACOB|url=https://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/articles/7132-hamburger-jacob}}</ref>
* [[November 24]] – [[Carlo Collodi]], Italian writer (d. [[1890]])
* [[November 24]] – [[Carlo Collodi]], Italian writer (d. [[1890]])
* [[November 27]] – [[Jonathan Young (commodore)|Jonathan Young]], United States Navy commodore (d. [[1885]])
* [[November 27]] – [[Jonathan Young (commodore)|Jonathan Young]], United States Navy commodore (d. [[1885]])
* [[December 3]] – [[George B. McClellan]], American general, politician (d. [[1885]])
* [[December 3]] – [[George B. McClellan]], American general, politician (d. [[1885]])
*[[December 8]] - [[John Brown (servant)|John Brown]], Scottish personal servant and favourite of Queen Victoria (d. [[1883]])
*[[December 8]] – [[John Brown (servant)|John Brown]], Scottish personal servant and favourite of Queen Victoria (d. [[1883]])


=== Date unknown ===
=== Date unknown ===
* [[Cetshwayo kaMpande]], Zulu king (d. [[1884]])
* [[Cetshwayo kaMpande]], Zulu king (d. [[1884]])
* [[Ellen Morton Littlejohn]], American quilter (d. 1899)


== Deaths ==
== Deaths ==
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* [[April 11]] – [[Anton Walter]], Austrian piano maker (b. [[1752]])
* [[April 11]] – [[Anton Walter]], Austrian piano maker (b. [[1752]])
* [[April 25]] – [[Karl Ludwig von Phull]], German military leader (b. [[1757]])
* [[April 25]] – [[Karl Ludwig von Phull]], German military leader (b. [[1757]])
* [[May 4]]
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* [[May 4]] – [[Sebastián Kindelán y O'Regan]], Spanish colonial governor in Cuba (b. [[1757]])
** [[Thomas Jeffrey]], English-born bushranger, serial killer and cannibal in Van Diemen's Land, hanged (b. c.[[1791]])
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** [[Sebastián Kindelán y O'Regan]], Spanish colonial governor in Cuba (b. [[1757]])
* [[May 7]] – [[Sophie Hagman]], Swedish ballerina, royal mistress (b. [[1758]])
* [[May 7]] – [[Sophie Hagman]], Swedish ballerina, royal mistress (b. [[1758]])
* [[May 16]]
* [[May 16]]
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=== July–December ===
=== July–December ===
[[File:US Navy 031029-N-6236G-001 A painting of President John Adams (1735-1826), 2nd president of the United States, by Asher B. Durand (1767-1845)-crop.jpg|thumb|110px|right|[[John Adams]]]]

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[[File: Official Presidential portrait of Thomas Jefferson (by Rembrandt Peale, 1800)(cropped).jpg |thumb|110px|right|[[Thomas Jefferson]]]]

* [[July 4]]
* [[July 4]]
** [[John Adams]], 90, 2nd President of the United States (b. [[1735]])<ref>{{cite web |title=BBC - History - John Adams |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/adams_john.shtml |website=www.bbc.co.uk |access-date=29 March 2022}}</ref>
** [[Thomas Jefferson]], 83, 3rd President of the United States, dies at 12:50 p.m. at his home, [[Monticello]], near [[Charlottesville, Virginia]]. (b. [[1743]])<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.monticello.org/site/research-and-collections/jeffersons-last-words|title=Jefferson's Last Words|last=Martin|first=Russell L.|date=June 7, 1988|website=Monticello|access-date=February 2, 2019}}</ref>
** [[John Adams]], 90, 2nd President of the United States (b. [[1735]]), at 6:20 in the evening at his home in [[Quincy, Massachusetts]].<ref>{{cite web |title=BBC - History - John Adams |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/adams_john.shtml |website=www.bbc.co.uk |access-date=29 March 2022}}</ref>
** [[Thomas Jefferson]], 83, 3rd President of the United States (b. [[1743]])
* [[July 5]]
* [[July 5]]
** [[Joseph Proust]], French chemist (b. [[1754]])
** [[Joseph Proust]], French chemist (b. [[1754]])
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* [[September 7]] – [[Robert Wright (Maryland politician)|Robert Wright (politician)]], American politician (b. [[1752]])
* [[September 7]] – [[Robert Wright (Maryland politician)|Robert Wright (politician)]], American politician (b. [[1752]])
* [[September 12]] – [[Eliphalet Pearson]], American educator (b. [[1752]])
* [[September 12]] – [[Eliphalet Pearson]], American educator (b. [[1752]])
* [[October 8]] – [[Marie-Guillemine Benoist]], French painter (b. [[1768]])
* [[October 25]] – [[Philippe Pinel]], French physician (b. [[1745]])
* [[October 25]] – [[Philippe Pinel]], French physician (b. [[1745]])
* [[November 17]] – [[Caroline Müller (1755–1826)|Caroline Müller]], Danish opera singer (b. [[1755]])
* [[November 17]] – [[Caroline Müller (1755–1826)|Caroline Müller]], Danish opera singer (b. [[1755]])

Latest revision as of 11:29, 15 December 2024

Millennium: 2nd millennium
Centuries:
Decades:
Years:


January 15: The French magazine Le Figaro begins publication.
1826 by topic
Humanities
By country
Other topics
Lists of leaders
Birth and death categories
Establishments and disestablishments categories
Works category
1826 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar1826
MDCCCXXVI
Ab urbe condita2579
Armenian calendar1275
ԹՎ ՌՄՀԵ
Assyrian calendar6576
Balinese saka calendar1747–1748
Bengali calendar1232–1233
Berber calendar2776
British Regnal year6 Geo. 4 – 7 Geo. 4
Buddhist calendar2370
Burmese calendar1188
Byzantine calendar7334–7335
Chinese calendar乙酉年 (Wood Rooster)
4523 or 4316
    — to —
丙戌年 (Fire Dog)
4524 or 4317
Coptic calendar1542–1543
Discordian calendar2992
Ethiopian calendar1818–1819
Hebrew calendar5586–5587
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat1882–1883
 - Shaka Samvat1747–1748
 - Kali Yuga4926–4927
Holocene calendar11826
Igbo calendar826–827
Iranian calendar1204–1205
Islamic calendar1241–1242
Japanese calendarBunsei 9
(文政９年)
Javanese calendar1753–1754
Julian calendarGregorian minus 12 days
Korean calendar4159
Minguo calendar86 before ROC
民前86年
Nanakshahi calendar358
Thai solar calendar2368–2369
Tibetan calendar阴木鸡年
(female Wood-Rooster)
1952 or 1571 or 799
    — to —
阳火狗年
(male Fire-Dog)
1953 or 1572 or 800
Wikimedia Commons has media related to 1826.
July 4: On the 50th anniversary of the U.S. Declaration of Independence, John Adams (the second U.S. president) and Thomas Jefferson (the third U.S. president) die within hours of each other.

1826 (MDCCCXXVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar, the 1826th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 826th year of the 2nd millennium, the 26th year of the 19th century, and the 7th year of the 1820s decade. As of the start of 1826, the Gregorian calendar was 12 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.

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The oldest-known surviving photograph in history, Niepce's View from the Window at Le Gras

Births

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Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin
Charles XV of Sweden

July–December

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August Ahlqvist
Bernhard Riemann
Carlo Collodi

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Deaths

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January–June

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Carl Maria von Weber
Joseph von Fraunhofer

July–December

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References

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  1. ^ MacLeod, (Xavier) Donald (1852). Life of Sir Walter Scott. New York: Charles Scribner.
  2. ^ "Menai Suspension Bridge". Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE). 18 November 2016. Retrieved 20 July 2021.
  3. ^ "Coopers New Novel This Day Is Published by H.C. Carey & I. Lea, corner of Fourth and Chestnut". The Philadelphia Inquirer. February 4, 1826. p. 2.
  4. ^ Kaushik Roy and Sourish Saha, Armed Forces and Insurgents in Modern Asia (Routledge, 2016)
  5. ^ Grigson, Caroline (2016). Menagerie: The History of Exotic Animals in England. Oxford University Press.
  6. ^ Cox, David J. (February 2010). A Certain Share of Low Cunning: A History of the Bow Street Runners, 1792-1839. Routledge. p. 196. ISBN 978-1-317-43672-0.
  7. ^ "Story: Wakefield, Edward Gibbon". The Encyclopedia of New Zealand. Retrieved 21 August 2024.
  8. ^ Carlson, Robert E. (1969). The Liverpool & Manchester Railway Project 1821–1831. Newton Abbot: David & Charles. ISBN 0-7153-4646-6.
  9. ^ Palmer, Alan; Palmer, Veronica (1992). The Chronology of British History. London: Century Ltd. ISBN 0-7126-5616-2.
  10. ^ a b Frances L. Reinhold, "New research on the first pan-American congress held at Panama in 1826." Hispanic American Historical Review 18.3 (1938): 342-363 online.
  11. ^ "Icons, a portrait of England 1820-1840". Archived from the original on September 22, 2007. Retrieved 2007-09-12.
  12. ^ Penguin Pocket On This Day. Penguin Reference Library. 2006. ISBN 0-14-102715-0.
  13. ^ Stillman Rogers, It Happened in New Hampshire: Remarkable Events That Shaped History (Globe Pequot, 2012) pp.54-56
  14. ^ A. P. Bentley, History of the Abduction of William Morgan and the Anti-masonic Excitement of 1826-30, with Many Details and Incidents Never Before Published (Van Cise & Throop, 1874) pp.15-24.
  15. ^ Awdry, Christopher (1990). Encyclopaedia of British Railway Companies. Wellingborough: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-85260-049-7.
  16. ^ "Granite Railway". Britannica Online Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2008-05-19.
  17. ^ "The First Railroad in America". Catskill Archive. Granite City B.P.O.E. - Quincy Lodge No. 943. 1924. Retrieved 2008-05-19.
  18. ^ Jacques Sirat, Braquenié: French Textiles and Interiors Since 1823 (Antique Collectors Club Limited, 1998) p16
  19. ^ "The Bourse", in Frank Leslie's New Family Magazine (July 1858) p42
  20. ^ Bates, W.B. (April 1956). "A Sketch History of Nacogdoches". Southwestern Historical Quarterly. 59 (4). Texas State Historical Association: 494. Retrieved November 20, 2013.
  21. ^ Unverdorben, O. "Ueber das Verhalten der organischen Körper in höheren Temperaturen". Annalen der Physik und Chemie. 8: 397–410.
  22. ^ Hughes, Derrick (1986). Bishop Sahib: A Life of Reginald Heber. Worthing, UK: Churchman Publishing. pp. 178–180. ISBN 978-1-85093-043-3.
  23. ^ H. K. Riikonen. "Ahlqvist, August (1826-1889)" (in Finnish). kansallisbiografia. Retrieved July 6, 2021.
  24. ^ Public Domain Singer, Isidore; et al., eds. (1901–1906). "HAMBURGER, JACOB". The Jewish Encyclopedia. New York: Funk & Wagnalls.
  25. ^ Martin, Russell L. (June 7, 1988). "Jefferson's Last Words". Monticello. Retrieved February 2, 2019.
  26. ^ "BBC - History - John Adams". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
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