Historical Events
- Jan 1 Baron Van der Capellen resigns as governor of Dutch-Indies
- Jan 30 The Menai Suspension Bridge, considered the world's first modern suspension bridge, connecting the Isle of Anglesey to the north West coast of Wales is opened.
- Feb 11 University College London founded; known until 1836 as London University
- Feb 13 American Temperance Society forms in Boston
- Feb 24 The signing of the Treaty of Yandaboo marks the end of the First Burmese War
- Feb 28 M Biela, an Austrian officer, discovers Biela's Comet
- Mar 4 1st US railroad chartered, Granite Railway in Quincy, Massachusetts
- Mar 14 General Congress of South American States assembles at Panama
- Mar 21 Beethoven's "String Quartet No. 13" in B flat major (Op 130) premieres in Vienna
- Apr 1 Samuel Morey is issued the first U.S. patent for an internal-combustion engine, which he calls a “Gas or Vapour Engine"
World Leaders in 1826
John Quincy Adams
6th US President
Robert Jenkinson
British Prime Minister
Famous People in 1826
Franz Schubert
Composer
Ludwig van Beethoven
Composer
George McClellan
Stephen FosterFamous Weddings
- Feb 5 Future US President Millard Fillmore (26) weds Abigail Powers (27)
- Oct 17 Historian Thomas Carlyle (30) weds Jane Welsh (25)
John Adams
Stamford Raffles
Thomas Jefferson