1826
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Events
- February 11 - London University is founded.
- April 1 - Samuel Morey patents the internal combustion engine.
- July 26 - Last auto de fe.
- September 3 - The USS Vincennes commanded by William Finch, leaves New York City to become first United States warship to circumnavigate globe.
Year in topic
Births
- January 12 - William Chapman Rawlston, banker and financier
- January 26 - Louis Favre, engineer Gotthard tunnel (+ 1879)
- February 16 - Joseph Victor von Scheffel, poet (+ 1886)
- February 16 - Julia Grant, First Lady, wife of President Ulysses S. Grant (+ 1902)
- March 29 - Wilhelm Liebknecht, journalist and politician (+ 1900)
- May 3 - King Charles XV of Sweden and Norway
- May 4 - Frederic Edwin Church, painter
- July 4 - Stephen Foster songwriter and poet, (+ 1864)
- November 13 - Charles Frederick Worth couturier (+ 1895)
- November 24 - Carlo Collodi, Italian writer, the creator of Pinocchio
Deaths
heads of State
- China - Daoguang Emperor of China, Qing Dynasty (September 2, 1820 to February 25, 1850
- Denmark - Frederick VI, King of Denmark (1808-1839)
- France - Charles X, King of France (September 16, 1824 to August 1, 1830)
- Norway - Charles III, King of Norway (1818-1844)
- Ottoman Empire - Mahmud II, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1808-1839)
- Prussia - Frederick William III, King of Prussia (1797-1840)
- Russia - Nicholas I, Tsar of Russia (December 26, 1825 to March 2, 1855)
- Spain - Ferdinand VII, King of Spain (1813-1833)
- United States - John Quincy Adams, President of the United States (March 4, 1825 to March 4, 1829)