11th February » University College London is founded under the name 'University of London'.
11th February » Swaminarayan writes the 'Shikshapatri', an important text within Swaminarayan Hinduism.
24th February » The signing of the Treaty of Yandabo marks the end of the First Anglo-Burmese War.
1st April » Samuel Morey patents the internal combustion engine.
22nd May » HMS known as Beagle departs on its first voyage.
21st June » Maniots defeat Egyptians under Ibrahim Pasha of Egypt or Ibrahim Pasha in the Battle of Vergas.
4th July » Thomas Jefferson, third president of the United States, dies the same day as John Adams, second president of the United States, on the fiftieth anniversary of the adoption of the United States Declaration of Independence.
11th September » William Morgan (anti-Mason) or Captain William Morgan is arrested in Batavia, New York for debt. This sets into motion the events that lead to his Disappeared or mysterious disappearance.
7th October » The Granite Railway begins operations as the first chartered railway in the U.S.
25th November » The Greek frigate Hellas called Greek frigate 'Hellas' arrives in Nafplion to become the first flagship of the Hellenic Navy.
1st December » French philhellene Charles Nicolas Fabvier forces his way through the Turkey known as Turkish cordon and ascends the Acropolis of Athens, which had been under siege.
21st December » United States e.g American settlers in Nacogdoches, Texas named Nacogdoches, Mexican Texas, declare their independence, starting the Fredonian Rebellion.
24th December » The Eggnog Riot at the United States Military Academy begins that night, wrapping up the following morning.
25th December » The Eggnog Riot at the United States Military Academy concludes after beginning the previous evening.
Famous Birthdays in 1826
26th January » Julia Grant, American wife of Ulysses S. Grant, 19th List of First Ladies of the United States or First Lady of the United States (d. 1902)
27th January » Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin, Russian journalist and author (d. 1889)
27th January » Richard Taylor (general) or Richard Taylor, American general (d. 1879)
3rd February » Walter Bagehot, English journalist and businessman (d. 1877)
16th February » Joseph Victor von Scheffel, German poet (d. 1886)
4th March » August Johann Gottfried Bielenstein, German linguist, ethnographer, and theologian (d. 1907)
4th March » John Buford, American general (d. 1863)
4th March » Elme Marie Caro, French philosopher (d. 1887)
4th March » Theodore Judah, American engineer, founded the Central Pacific Railroad (d. 1863)
8th March » Johann Köler, Estonian painter (d. 1899)
23rd March » Ludwig Minkus, Austrian violinist and composer (d. 1917)
24th March » Matilda Joslyn Gage, American activist (d. 1898)
29th March » Wilhelm Liebknecht, German journalist and politician (d. 1900)
3rd April » Cyrus K. Holliday, American businessman (d. 1900)
4th April » Zénobe Gramme, Belgian engineer, invented the Gramme machine (d. 1901)
6th April » Gustave Moreau, French painter (d. 1898)
8th April » Pancha Carrasco, Costa Rican soldier (d. 1890)
20th April » Dinah Craik, English author (d. 1887)
26th April » George Hull Ward, American general (d. 1863)
26th April » Ambrose R. Wright, American general and politician (d. 1872)