1826

Events in 1826 11

• 1735 – 1826 John Adams 2nd President — first to live in White House John Adams (Oct 30, 1735 – Jul 4, 1826) was the 2nd President 1797-1801. A Founding Father, he died on July 4, 1826 — the same day as Thomas Jefferson, exactly 50 years after the Declaration of Independence.
• 1743 – 1826 Thomas Jefferson 3rd President — author of the Declaration of Independence Thomas Jefferson (Apr 13, 1743 – Jul 4, 1826) was the 3rd President 1801-1809, principal author of the Declaration of Independence, and architect of the Louisiana Purchase. He died on the same day as John Adams, July 4, 1826.
• 1786 – 1826 Carl Maria von Weber Early Romantic opera pioneer German composer who established German Romantic opera with Der Freischütz, paving the way for Wagner.
• 1826 – 1866 Bernhard Riemann (1826-1866) Died 20 July 1866, aged 39 German mathematician whose work on geometry and complex analysis laid the mathematical foundations later used in Einstein's general relativity. He died of tuberculosis in Italy, and the Riemann hypothesis he posed remains one of mathematics' most famous unsolved problems.
• 1826 – 1884 Cetshwayo kaMpande (1826-1884) Died 8 February 1884, aged 58 Cetshwayo kaMpande was the king of the Zulu Kingdom during the Anglo-Zulu War of 1879, in which his forces famously defeated the British at Isandlwana before ultimately losing the war. He was exiled to Britain and later partially restored to a reduced kingdom amid ongoing civil conflict. He died in Eshowe in Zululand.
• 1826 – 1885 George B. McClellan (1826-1885) Died 29 October 1885, aged 58 American Civil War general who commanded the Union Army of the Potomac and later served as General-in-Chief before running unsuccessfully against Abraham Lincoln for president in 1864. He served as Governor of New Jersey from 1878 to 1881 and died in Orange, New Jersey.
• 1826 – 1898 Gustave Moreau (1826-1898) Died 18 April 1898, aged 72 Gustave Moreau was a French Symbolist painter known for richly detailed mythological and biblical scenes. He taught at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts, mentoring artists including Matisse and Rouault. He died in Paris on 18 April 1898.
• 1826 – 1889 Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin (1826-1889) Died 10 May 1889, aged 63 Saltykov-Shchedrin was a leading Russian satirist whose novel The Golovlyov Family and other works savaged the corruption and cruelty of Russian provincial life under serfdom. He also served for decades as a government official and provincial administrator.
• 1826 – 1864 Stephen Foster (1826-1864) Died 13 January 1864, aged 37 American songwriter known as the "father of American music," composer of "Oh! Susanna," "Camptown Races," and "Beautiful Dreamer." He died in poverty in New York City from a fever after a fall.
• 1826 – 1900 Wilhelm Liebknecht (1826-1900) Died 7 August 1900, aged 74 A founder of the German Social Democratic Party, Liebknecht was a leading figure of 19th-century German socialism and a prominent Reichstag deputy. He was imprisoned repeatedly for his political activities under Bismarck's anti-socialist laws. His son Karl Liebknecht later co-founded the German Communist Party.
• 1826 – 1872 Charles XV The Popular King An artist and poet, his reign saw the end of the four-estate parliament.