1826

Centuries: 18th century - 19th century - 20th century

Decades: 1770s 1780s 1790s 1800s 1810s - 1820s - 1830s 1840s 1850s 1860s 1870s

Years: 1821 1822 1823 1824 1825 - 1826 - 1827 1828 1829 1830 1831

Events

• February 11 - University College London is founded, under the name University of London.
• 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

• 1826 in literature
• 1826 in science
• 1826 in music

Births

• January 12 - William Chapman Rawlston, banker and financier
• January 26 - Louis Favre, engineer Gotthard tunnel (d. 1879)
• February 16 - Joseph Victor von Scheffel, poet (d. 1886)
• February 16 - Julia Grant, First Lady, wife of President Ulysses S. Grant (d. 1902)
• March 29 - Wilhelm Liebknecht, journalist and politician (d. 1900)
• May 3 - King Charles XV of Sweden and Norway
• May 4 - Frederic Edwin Church, painter
• July 4 - Stephen Foster songwriter and poet, (d. 1864)
• November 13 - Charles Frederick Worth couturier (d. 1895)
• November 24 - Carlo Collodi, Italian writer, the creator of Pinocchio

Deaths

• March 29 - Johann Heinrich Voß, German poet (b. 1751)
• July 4 - Thomas Jefferson.
• July 4 - John Adams
• July 8 - Luther Martin, one of the Founding Fathers of the United States
• November 23 - Johann Elert Bode, German astronomer

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)