1826
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 18th century – 19th century – 20th century |
| Decades: | 1790s 1800s 1810s – 1820s – 1830s 1840s 1850s |
| Years: | 1823 1824 1825 – 1826 – 1827 1828 1829 |
| 1826 in topic: |
| Subjects: Archaeology – Architecture – |
| Art – Literature (Poetry) – Music – Science |
| Sports – Rail Transport |
| Countries: Australia – Canada – China – France – Germany – Ireland – Mexico – Netherlands – New Zealand – Norway – South Africa – Spain – UK – USA |
| Leaders: State leaders – Colonial governors |
| Category: Establishments – Disestablishments |
| Births – Deaths – Works |
Year 1826 (MDCCCXXVI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Friday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar).
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Events of 1826
- January 30 – The Menai Suspension Bridge, built by engineer Thomas Telford, is opened between the island of Anglesey and the mainland of Wales.
- February 8 – Unitarian Bernardino Rivadavia becomes the first President of Argentina.
- February 11
- University College London is founded, under the name University of London.
- Swaminarayan wrote the Shikshapatri, an important test within the Swaminarayan faith.
- February 13 – The American Temperance Society is founded.
- April 1 – Samuel Morey patents the internal combustion engine.
The oldest surviving photograph, Nicéphore Niépce, circa 1826
- May 28 – Pedro I of Brazil abdicates as King of Portugal.
- June – Photography: Nicéphore Niépce makes a true photograph.
- June 14–15 – The Auspicious Incident: Mahmud II, sultan of Ottoman Empire, crushes the last mutiny of janissaries in Istanbul.
- June 22 – The Pan-American Congress of Panama tries (unsuccessfully) to unify the American republics.
- Early July – Ludwig van Beethoven puts the finishing touches on the String Quartet in C sharp Minor, Opus 131, the jewel in the crown of his late string quartets.
- July 4 – Both Thomas Jefferson and John Adams die.
- July 26 – The last auto de fé is held in Valencia.
Undated
- The first railway tunnel is built en route between Liverpool and Manchester in England.
- The British crown colony of the Straits Settlements is established.
- Aniline is first isolated from the destructive distillation of indigo by Otto Unverdorben.
- Ludwig Van Beethoven composes the Grosse Fuge.
- Mahmud II's council orders the janissaries to drill in the European manner.
- Britain annexes Assam.
Births
| Gregorian calendar | 1826 MDCCCXXVI |
| Ab urbe condita | 2579 |
| Armenian calendar | 1275 ԹՎ ՌՄՀԵ |
| Bahá'í calendar | -18 – -17 |
| Bengali calendar | 1233 |
| Berber calendar | 2776 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2370 |
| Burmese calendar | 1188 |
| Byzantine calendar | 7334 – 7335 |
| Chinese calendar | 乙酉年十一月廿三日 (4462/4522-11-23) — to —
丙戌年十二月初三日(4463/4523-12-3) |
| Coptic calendar | 1542 – 1543 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1818 – 1819 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5586 – 5587 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Bikram Samwat | 1882 – 1883 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1748 – 1749 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4927 – 4928 |
| Holocene calendar | 11826 |
| Iranian calendar | 1204 – 1205 |
| Islamic calendar | 1241 – 1242 |
| Japanese calendar | Bunsei 9 (文政9年) |
| Korean calendar | 4159 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2369 |
- January 12 – William Chapman Ralston, banker and financier (d. 1875)
- January 26 – Louis Favre, Swiss engineer (d. 1879)
- January 27
- February 16
- Joseph Victor von Scheffel, German poet (d. 1886)
- James Calder, 5th President of the Pennsylvania State University
- Julia Grant, First Lady of the United States (d. 1902)
- March 4 – Theodore Judah, railroad engineer (d. 1863)
- March 24 – Matilda Joslyn Gage, pioneering feminist (d. 1898)
- March 29 – Wilhelm Liebknecht, German journalist and politician (d. 1900)
- April 6 – Gustave Moreau, French painter (d. 1898)
- April 26 – George Hull Ward, American general (d. 1863)
- May 3 – King Charles XV of Sweden and Norway (d. 1872)
- May 4 – Frederic Edwin Church, American painter (d. 1900)
- June 24 – George Goyder, surveyor-general of South Australia (d. 1898)
- July 4
- Stephen Foster, American songwriter and poet (d. 1864)
- Green Clay Smith, American temperance movement leader (d. 1895)
- July 31 – William S. Clark, American chemist and 3rd President of the University of Massachusetts
- September 17 – Bernhard Riemann, German mathematician (d. 1866)
- November 13 – Charles Frederick Worth, English couturier (d. 1895)
- November 24 – Carlo Collodi, Italian writer (d. 1890)
- December 3 – George B. McClellan, American general (d. 1885)
- date unknown – William Daniel (politician), American temperance movement leader (d. 1897)
Deaths
- January 3 – Louis Gabriel Suchet, French marshal (b. 1770)
- January 17 – Juan Crisóstomo Arriaga, Spanish composer (b. 1806)
- March 29 – Johann Heinrich Voß, German poet (b. 1751)
- April 25 – Karl Ludwig von Phull, German military leader (b. 1757)
- May 7 – Sophie Hagman, Swedish ballerina and royal mistress (b. 1758)
- May 16 – Elisabeth Alexeievna (Louise of Baden), Empress Consort of Russian Emperor Alexander I (b. 1779)
- June 3 – Nikolay Karamzin, reformer of the Russian language (b. 1766)
- June 5 – Carl Maria von Weber, German composer (b. 1786)
- July 4
- John Adams, 2nd President of the United States (b. 1735)
- Thomas Jefferson, 3rd President of the United States (b. 1743)
- July 5 – Stamford Raffles, British colonial governor and founder of Singapore (b. 1781)
- July 8 – Luther Martin, delegate to the American Constitutional Convention (b. 1746)
- July 22 – Giuseppe Piazzi, Italian astronomer (b. 1746)
- November 23 – Johann Elert Bode, German astronomer (b. 1747)