1826 facts for kids
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
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| Centuries: | 18th century – 19th century – 20th century |
| Decades: | 1790s 1800s 1810s – 1820s – 1830s 1840s 1850s |
| Years: | 1823 1824 1825 – 1826 – 1827 1828 1829 |
Events
- The first photograph was taken.
- John Adams second president, and third president Thomas Jefferson both died same day Independence Day.
Births
- January 12 – William Chapman Rawlston, banker and financier
- January 26 – Louis Favre, Swiss engineer (d. 1879)
- February 16 – Joseph Victor von Scheffel, German poet (d. 1886)
- February 16 – 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)
- May 3 – King Charles XV of Sweden and Norway (d. 1872)
- May 4 – Frederic Edwin Church, American painter (b. 1900)
- June 24 – George Goyder, Surveyor-General of South Australia (d. 1898)
- July 4 – Stephen Foster, American songwriter and poet (d. 1864)
- 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)
Deaths
- July 4 – John Adams, President of the United States
- July 4 – Thomas Jefferson, President of the United States
Books
- Biographical Sketches and Interesting Anecdotes of Persons of Color – Abigail Mott
- The Broken Heart – Catherine Gore
- Cinq-Mars – Alfred de Vigny
- Deeds of the Olden Time – Anne Hatton
- Gaston de Blondeville – Ann Radcliffe
- Granby – T.H. Lister
- Die Harzreise (The Heart's Journey) – Heinrich Heine
- Henry the Fourth of France – Alicia Lefanu
- Honor O'Hara – Anna Maria Porter
- The Last Man – Mary Shelley
- The Last of the Mohicans – James Fenimore Cooper
- Tales Round a Winter Hearth – Jane Porter & Anna Maria Porter
- Vivian Grey – Benjamin Disraeli
- Woodstock – Sir Walter Scott
Images for kids
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January 15: Le Figaro begins publication.
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The oldest surviving photograph, Nicéphore Niépce, circa 1826
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August Ahlqvist
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See also
In Spanish: 1826 para niños
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