April 25 » "La Marseillaise" (the French national anthem) is composed by Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle.
May 17 » The New York Stock Exchange is formed under the Buttonwood Agreement.
September 11 » The Hope Diamond is stolen along with other French crown jewels when six men break into the house where they are stored.
September 22 » Primidi Vendémiaire of year one of the French Republican Calendar as the French First Republic comes into being.
October 13 » In Washington, D.C., the cornerstone of the United States Executive Mansion (known as the White House since 1818) is laid.
December 11 » French Revolution: King Louis XVI of France is put on trial for treason by the National Convention.
Day of death August 26, 1861
The temperature on August 26, 1861 was about 18.1 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 7 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 78%. Source: KNMI
From February 23, 1860 till March 14, 1861 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Hall - Van Heemstra with the prime ministers Mr. F.A. baron Van Hall (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. S. baron Van Heemstra (liberaal).
From March 14, 1861 till January 31, 1862 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt - Loudon with the prime ministers Mr. J.P.P. baron Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. J. Loudon (liberaal).
February 9 » American Civil War: Jefferson Davis is elected the Provisional President of the Confederate States of America by the Confederate convention at Montgomery, Alabama.
April 13 » American Civil War: Fort Sumter surrenders to Confederate forces.
June 1 » American Civil War: The Battle of Fairfax Court House is fought.
June 8 » American Civil War: Tennessee secedes from the Union.
November 1 » American Civil War: U.S. President Abraham Lincoln appoints George B. McClellan as the commander of the Union Army, replacing General Winfield Scott.
November 7 » The first Melbourne Cup horse race is held in Melbourne, Australia.
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