In history, year 1826 has its own importance and known for many memorable events like famous birthdays, inventions, natural disaster, treaties, change of rulers, special days etc. Find below a list of important historical events which happened during the year 1826.
Top Historical Events of the Year 1826:
| Date/Month | Event / Incidence / Incident |
|---|---|
| 30 january | The Menai Suspension Bridge, connecting the Isle of Anglesey and the mainland of Wales, one of the world's first modern suspension bridge, opened. |
| 11 february | University College London was founded as the first secular university in England. |
| 11 february | Swaminarayan wrote the Shikshapatri, a book of 212 verses thatserves as the basis of Swaminarayan Hinduism. |
| 24 february | The Treaty of Yandabo was signed, ending the First Anglo-Burmese War, the longest and most expensive war in the history of the British Raj. |
| 22 may | HMS Beagle departed on her first voyage from Plymouth for ahydrographic survey of the Patagonia and Tierra del Fuego regions ofSouth America. |
| 30 may | Udant Martand (The Rising Sun) was the first Hindi-language newspaper published in India. Started on May 30, 1826 from Calcutta (now Kolkata), the weekly newspaper, was published every Tuesday by Pt. Jugal Kishore Shukla. |
| 21 june | Greek War of Independence-A combined Egyptian and Ottoman army began their invasion of the Mani Peninsula, but they were initially held off by the Maniots at the fortifications of h |
| 21 december | American settlers in Mexican Texas made the first attempt to secede from Mexico, establishing the short-lived Republic of Fredonia. |
| 30 May | The publication of the first Hindi newspaper Udanta Martand started |
| 15 January | The French newspaper "Le Figaro" began publication in Paris as a weekly newspaper. |
| 08 February | Greekist Bernardino Rivadavia became the first President of Argentina |
| 14 March | The General Congress of South American States met in Panama. |
| 01 April | Samuel Mori patented an internal combustion engine. |
| 28 May | Pedro-I of Brazil relinquished his post as King of Portugal. |
| 22 June | Panama's Pan-American Congress unsuccessfully tried to unite America's republics). |
| 26 July | Lithuania violence kills many Jews |
| 10 August | The first Causs Reguta was held in the United Kingdom on the Isle of Wight. |
| 21 September | The construction of the Rideau Canal began in Canada. |
| 01 October | The Monkland and Kirkintilloch Railway inaugurated in Scotland. |
| 03 November | The Paris Stock Exchange opened on the Palais de la Bourse. |
| 16 December | Benjamin W. Edwards traveled to the Mexican-controlled Nacogdoches, Texas, and declared himself the ruler of the Republic of Fredonia. |
Famous birthdays in the year 1826:
| Date/Month | Name / Profession / Country |
|---|---|
| 03 December | George B. McClellan / Politician / United States of America |
| 03 April | Cyrus K. Holliday / Business Man / United States of America |
| 04 April | Zénobe Gramme / Engineer / Belgium |
| 04 March | John Buford / General / United States of America |
| 04 March | August Johann Gottfried Bielenstein / Linguist / Germany |
| 05 May | Eugénie de Montijo / Queen / France |
| 08 April | Pancha Carrasco / Soldier / Costa Rica |
| 08 March | Johann Köler / Academic / Estonia |
| 16 April | Sir James Corry / Politician / Britain |
| 16 February | Joseph Victor von Scheffel / Poet / Germany |
| 17 September | Bernhard Riemann / Academic / Germany |
| 19 October | Ralph Tollemache / Priest / United Kingdom |
| 21 June | Lord Dufferin / Governor General / Italy |
| 21 August | Karl Gegenbaur / Academic / Germany |
| 24 March | Matilda Joslyn Gage / Author / United States of America |
| 24 June | George Goyder / Surveyor / United Kingdom |
| 26 April | George Hull Ward / General / United States of America |
| 26 April | Ambrose R. Wright / Lawyer / United States of America |
| 27 January | Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin / Journalist / Russia |
| 31 July | William S. Clark / Politician / United States of America |