For the game, see: 1826 (board game). The pages listed below contain information about trends and events in particular centuries and millennia. The 18th century lasted from 1701 to 1800 in the Gregorian calendar, in accordance with the Anno Domini / Common Era numbering system The 19th century of the Common Era began on January 1, 1801 and ended on December 31, 1900, according to the Gregorian calendar The twentieth century of the Common Era began on See also List of centuries, History This is a list of Decades in history including links to corresponding articles with more information about them Events and trends French Revolution ( 1789 - 1799) It is considered to have effectively ended on November 9, 1799 when Events and Trends End of the Napoleonic Wars in Europe (1803 - 1815 Events and trends Nationalistic independence helped reshape the world during this decade Greece gains independence from the Ottoman Empire Events and trends Electromagnetic induction discovered by Michael Faraday. Events and trends Technology First use of General anesthesia in an operation by Crawford Long. Events and Trends Industry Production of Steel revolutionized by invention of the Bessemer process Benjamin Silliman This page indexes the individual Years pages Twenty-first century Year 1823 ( MDCCCXXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Year 1824 ( MDCCCXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Year 1825 ( MDCCCXXV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Year 1827 ( MDCCCXXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common The year 1828 ( MDCCCXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap For the game see 1829 (board game. Year 1829 ( MDCCCXXIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display 1826 in Archaeology. See also 1825 in archaeology, other events of 1826, 1827 in archaeology and the List of years The year 1826 in architecture involved some significant events List of years in Art Works See also Thomas Cole - Sunrise in the Catskill Mountains Horace Vernet - Battle The year 1826 in literature involved some significant events and new books Events Poetry published Elizabeth Barrett (Browning, An Essay on Mind and Other Poems Victor Hugo, Odes Events Published Popular Music "The Old Oaken Bucket " w The year 1826 in Science and Technology involved some significant events listed below Events March events March 4 - Gridley Bryant 's Granite Railway is incorporated See also 1825 in Australia, other events of 1826, 1827 in Australia and the Timeline of Australian history. See also 1825 in Canada, other events of 1826, 1827 in Canada and the List of 'years in Canada'. Events In the General Election four counties elected supporters of Catholic Emancipation. Incumbents Regal and Vice Regal Head of State – King George IV Governor of New South Wales – General See also 1825 in South Africa, other events of 1826, 1827 in South Africa and the Timeline of South African history. Events January 24 - Treaty of Washington between the United States government and the Creek National Council, in which they Incumbents Monarch - George IV of the United Kingdom Prime Minister - Robert Jenkinson 2nd Earl of Liverpool, 1825 state leaders - Events of 1826 - 1827 state leaders - State leaders by year ---- Denmark Danish West Indies - Johan Frederik Bardenfleth Governor-General of the Danish West Indies ( 1821 - 1827) Iceland This list contains Train games in the 18XX style those which recreate the building of railroad Corporations during the 19th century or games which use very

Year 1826 (MDCCCXXVI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Friday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). Roman numerals are a Numeral system originating in ancient Rome, adapted from Etruscan numerals. This is the calendar for any Common year starting on Sunday ( Dominical letter A) or for any year in which “ Doomsday ” is Tuesday The Gregorian calendar is the most widely used Calendar in the world today This is the Calendar for any Common year starting on Friday ( Dominical letter C) The Julian calendar, a reform of the Roman calendar, was introduced by Julius Caesar in 46 BC and came into force in 45 BC (709 Ab urbe condita

Events of 1826

• January 30 - The Menai Suspension Bridge, built by engineer Thomas Telford, is opened between the island of Anglesey and the mainland of Wales. Events 1648 - Eighty Years' War: The Treaty of Münster is signed ending the conflict between the Netherlands and Spain The Menai Suspension Bridge, or Pont Grog y Borth in Welsh, is a Suspension bridge between the island of Anglesey and the mainland of Wales Thomas Telford (9 August 1757 - 2 September 1834 was born in Westerkirk, Scotland. History There are numerous Megalithic monuments and Menhirs present on Anglesey testifying to the presence of mankind in prehistory
• February 8 - Argentina. Events 421 - Constantius III becomes co- Emperor of the Western Roman Empire. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Argentina topics. Unitarian Bernardino Rivadavia becomes the first President of the country. Bernardino de la Trinidad Gónzalez Rivadavia y Rivadavia ( May 20, 1780 &ndash September 2, 1845) was the first President of
• February 11 - University College London is founded, under the name University of London. Events 660 BC - Traditional founding date of Japan by Emperor Jimmu. University College London ( UCL) is a multi-faculty university institution based in the United Kingdom and a constituent college of the University of London
• February 13 - American Temperance Society founded. Events 1258 - Baghdad falls to the Mongols, and the Abbasid Caliphate is destroyed The American Temperance Society was established in Boston in 1826
• April 1 - Samuel Morey patents the internal combustion engine. Events 527 - Byzantine Emperor Justin I names his nephew Justinian I as co-ruler and successor to the throne Samuel Morey ( October 23, 1762 - April 17, 1843) was an American inventor who invented an Internal combustion engine and The internal combustion engine is an engine in which the Combustion of Fuel and an Oxidizer (typically air occurs in a confined space called a

The oldest surviving photograph, Nicéphore Niépce, circa 1826

• May 28 - Pedro I of Brazil abdicates as King of Portugal. Events 585 BC - A Solar eclipse occurs as predicted by Greek philosopher and scientist Thales, while Alyattes is battling Pedro I (ˈpedɾuin Brazilian Portuguese and in European Portuguese; English: Peter of Alcantara Francis Anthony John Charles Xavier of Paula
• June - Photography: Nicéphore Niépce makes a true photograph. Modern photography began in the 1820s with the first permanent Photographs Photography is the result of combining several technical discoveries Joseph Nicéphore Niépce ( March 7, 1765 &ndash July 5, 1833) was a French Inventor, most noted as the inventor of
• June 14-15 – The Auspicious Incident: Mahmud II, sultan of Ottoman Empire, crushes the last mutiny of janissaries in Istanbul. Events 1276 - While taking exile in Fuzhou in southern China, away from the advancing Mongol invaders, the remnants of the Events 763 BC - Assyrians record a Solar eclipse that will be used to fix the Chronology of Mesopotamian history The Auspicious Incident (or Event) (in Turkish Vaka-i Hayriye; in Balkans known as Vaka-i Şerriye Unfortunate Incident was the forced disbandment Mahmud II ( Ottoman Turkish: محمود ثاني Mahmud-ı sānī) ( July 20, 1785 July 1, 1839 Sultan (سلطان is an Islamic title with several historical meanings The Ottoman Empire (1299–1923 ( Old Ottoman Turkish: دولتْ علیّه عثمانیّه Devlet-i Âliye-yi Osmâniyye, Late Ottoman and Modern Turkish The Janissaries (derived from Ottoman Turkish ينيچرى ( yeniçeri) meaning "new soldier" comprised Infantry units that formed Istanbul (historically Byzantium and later Constantinople; see the other Names of Istanbul) is the largest city of Turkey
• June 22 - the Pan-American Congress of Panama tries (unsuccessfully) to unify American republics. Events 217 BC - Battle of Raphia: Ptolemy IV of Egypt defeats Antiochus III the Great of the Seleucid kingdom. Pan-Americanism is a movement which through diplomatic political economic and social means seeks to create encourage and organize relationships associations and cooperation between The Congress of Panama (often referred to as the Amphictyonic Congress in remembrance of the Amphictyonic League of Ancient Greece) was a Congress The Americas are the lands of the Western hemisphere or New World, consisting of the Continents of North America and South America
• Early July - Ludwig van Beethoven put the finishing touches on the String Quartet in C sharp Minor, Opus 131, the jewel in the crown of his late string quartets. Events in July The traditional period known as "fence month" (the closed season for deer in England ended July 9 (date varied Ludwig van Beethoven ( English ˈlʊdvɪg væn ˈbeɪtoʊvən, 16 December 1770 &ndash 26 March 1827 was a German Composer and Pianist. The String Quartet No 14 in C-sharp minor, opus 131 by Ludwig van Beethoven was completed in 1826
• July 26 - Last auto de fe in Valencia. Events 657 - Battle of Siffin. 811 - Battle of Pliska; Byzantine Emperor Nicephorus The phrase auto de fe refers to the ritual of public Penance of condemned heretics and Apostates that took place when the Spanish Inquisition Valencia ( Valencian: València, Valencia Spanish phonology --> is the capital of the Spanish autonomous

Undated

• First railway tunnel built in route between Liverpool and Manchester in England
• The British crown colony of the Straits Settlements is established. A tunnel is an underground passageway The definition of what constitutes a tunnel is not universally agreed upon Liverpool ( is a City and Metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England along the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland The British Overseas Territories are fourteen territories that are under the Sovereignty of the United Kingdom, but which do not form part of the United Kingdom The Straits Settlements were a collection of territories of the British East India Company in Southeast Asia, which were given collective administration in 1826
• Aniline was first isolated from the destructive distillation of indigo by Otto Unverdorben
• Ludwig Van Beethoven composes the Grosse Fuge. Aniline, phenylamine or aminobenzene is an Organic compound with the formula C6H7N Indigo is the Color on the Electromagnetic spectrum between about 420 and 450 nm in Wavelength, placing it between Blue and violet Otto Unverdorben ( October 13, 1806 - November 28, 1873) was a German Chemist and merchant who was born in Dahme/Marke. Ludwig van Beethoven ( English ˈlʊdvɪg væn ˈbeɪtoʊvən, 16 December 1770 &ndash 26 March 1827 was a German Composer and Pianist. The Große Fuge is a single-movement composition for String quartet by Ludwig van Beethoven famous for its extreme technical demands on the players as well as for

Births

• January 12 - William Chapman Ralston, banker and financier (d. The Gregorian calendar is the most widely used Calendar in the world today Ab Urbe condita (literally "from The Armenian calendar is the traditional calendar of Armenia. The Bahá'í calendar, also called the Badí‘ calendar, used by the Bahá'í Faith, is a Solar calendar with regular years of 365 days and Leap The Berber calendar is the annual Calendar used by Berber people in North Africa. The Buddhist calendar is used on mainland Southeast Asia in the countries of Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Myanmar (formerly Burma The traditional Burmese calendar is a Lunisolar calendar based on both the phases of the moon and the motion of the sun The Chinese calendar is lunisolar, incorporating elements of a Lunar calendar with those of a Solar calendar. The Chinese sexagenary cycle ( is a cyclic numeral system of 60 combinations of the two basic cycles the ten Heavenly Stems (天干 tiāngān The Chinese sexagenary cycle ( is a cyclic numeral system of 60 combinations of the two basic cycles the ten Heavenly Stems (天干 tiāngān The Coptic calendar, also called the Alexandrian calendar, is used by the Coptic Orthodox Church and still used in Egypt The Ethiopian calendar ( Amharic: የኢትዮጵያ ዘመን አቆጣጠር ye'Ītyōṗṗyā zemen āḳoṭaṭer) also called the Ge'ez calendar, The Hebrew calendar (הלוח העברי ha'luach ha'ivri) or Jewish calendar is a Lunisolar calendar used by Jews for predominantly religious The Hindu calendar used in ancient times has undergone many changes in the process of regionalization and today there are several regional Indian Calendars, as The Indian national calendar (sometimes called Saka calendar) is the official civil calendar in use in India. Kali Yuga ( Devanāgarī: sa कलियुग lit "Age of Kali " "age of vice" is one of the four stages of development that the world goes The Iranian calendar or Solar Hejri (تقویم هجری شمسی؛ سالنمای هجری خورشیدی Taqwim Hejri Shamsi Salanmay Hejri Khurshidi) is an astronomical The Islamic calendar or Muslim calendar ( Arabic: التقويم الهجري at-taqwīm al-hijrī; Persian: تقویم هجری قمری ‎ Since January 1, 1873, Japan has used the Gregorian calendar, with local names for the months and mostly fixed holidays was a after Bunka and before Tenpō. This period spanned the years from 1818 through 1830 The traditional Korean calendar is a Lunisolar calendar which like the traditional calendars of other East Asian countries was based on the Chinese calendar The Thai solar calendar, Suriyakati (สุริยคติ has been the official and prevalent Calendar in Thailand since it was adopted by King Events 475 - Basiliscus becomes Byzantine Emperor, with a coronation ceremony in the Hebdomon palace in Constantinople William "Billy" Chapman Ralston ( January 12, 1826 - August 27, 1875) was a San Francisco California businessman and 1875)
• January 26 - Louis Favre, Swiss engineer (d. Year 1875 ( MDCCCLXXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 1340 - King Edward III of England is declared King of France. Louis Favre ( 26 January 1826 – 19 July 1879) was a Swiss Engineer, remembered as the builder of the Gotthard Rail 1879)
• January 27
  • Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin, Russian writer (d. Year 1879 ( MDCCCLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 98 - Trajan becomes Roman Emperor after the death of Nerva. Mikhail Yevgrafovich Saltykov-Shchedrin (Михаил Евграфович Салтыков-Щедрин in Spas-Ugol village Tver guverniya &ndash - in 1889)
  • Richard Taylor, American Confederate general (d. Year 1889 ( MDCCCLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Richard Taylor ( January 27 1826 &ndash April 12 1879) was a Confederate General in the American Civil War. 1879)
• February 16
  • Joseph Victor von Scheffel, German poet (d. Year 1879 ( MDCCCLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 1249 - Andrew of Longjumeau is dispatched by Louis IX of France as his ambassador to meet with the Khan of the Mongols Joseph Victor von Scheffel 1886)
  • James Calder, 5th President of the Pennsylvania State University
  • Julia Grant, First Lady of the United States (d. Year 1886 ( MDCCCLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common James Calder ( February 16, 1826 – November 22, 1893) was the fifth president of the Pennsylvania State University, serving The Pennsylvania State University (commonly known as Penn State) is a state-related, land-grant, space grant public research University Julia Boggs Dent Grant ( January 26, 1826 &ndash December 14, 1902) was the wife of the 18th President of the United States, First Lady of the United States is the unofficial title of the hostess of the White House. 1902)
• March 4 - Theodore Judah, railroad engineer (d. Year 1902 ( MCMII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Events 51 - Nero, later to become Roman Emperor, is given the title Princeps iuventutis (head of the youth Theodore Dehone Judah ( March 4 1826 &ndash November 2 1863) was an American Engineer who dreamed of the First Transcontinental 1863)
• March 24 - Matilda Joslyn Gage, pioneering feminist (d. Year 1863 ( MDCCCLXIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 1401 - Mongol emperor Timur sacks Damascus. 1603 - James VI of Scotland Matilda Electa Joslyn Gage ( Cicero New York, March 24, 1826 &ndash March 18, 1898 in Chicago) was a suffragist Feminism is a discourse that involves various movements theories, and Philosophies which are concerned with the issue of Gender difference, advocate 1898)
• March 29 - Wilhelm Liebknecht, German journalist and politician (d. Year 1898 ( MDCCCXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 1461 - Wars of the Roses: Battle of Towton - Edward of York defeats Queen Margaret to become King Wilhelm Liebknecht ( March 29, 1826 &ndash August 7, 1900) was a German Social democrat, one of the founders of the 1900)
• April 6 - Gustave Moreau, French painter (d. Year 1900 ( MCM) was an exceptional Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar Events 46 BC - Julius Caesar defeats Caecilius Metellus Scipio and Marcus Porcius Cato in the Battle of Thapsus Gustave Moreau ( April 6, 1826 &ndash April 18, 1898) was a French Symbolist painter. 1898)
• April 26 - George Hull Ward, American general (d. Year 1898 ( MDCCCXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 1467 - The miraculous image in Our Lady of Good Counsel appear in Genazzano, Italy. George Hull Ward ( April 26, 1826 &ndash July 3, 1863) was a Soldier and Union officer in the American Civil War 1863)
• May 3 - King Charles XV of Sweden and Norway (d. Year 1863 ( MDCCCLXIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 1491 - Kongo monarch Nkuwu Nzinga is baptised by Portuguese missionaries adopting the baptismal name of João Biography He was born in Stockholm Palace and dubbed Duke of Skåne at birth 1872)
• May 4 - Frederic Edwin Church, American painter (d. Year 1872 ( MDCCCLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Events 1256 - The Augustinian monastic order is constituted at the Lecceto Monastery when Pope Alexander IV Frederic Edwin Church ( May 4, 1826 &ndash April 7, 1900) was an American landscape painter born in 1900)
• June 24 - George Goyder, surveyor-general of South Australia (d. Year 1900 ( MCM) was an exceptional Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar Events 972 - Battle of Cedynia, the first documented victory of Polish forces takes place George Woodroffe Goyder ( June 24 1826 &ndash November 2 1898) was a surveyor in South Australia during the latter South Australia is a state of Australia in the southern central part of the country 1898)
• July 4
  • Stephen Foster, American songwriter and poet (d. Year 1898 ( MDCCCXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 836 - Pactum Sicardi, peace between the Principality of Benevento and the Duchy of Naples Stephen Collins Foster (July 4 1826 – January 13 1864 known as the "father of American music" was the pre-eminent Songwriter in the United States 1864)
  • Green Clay Smith, American temperance movement leader (d. Year 1864 ( MDCCCLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Green Clay Smith ( July 4, 1826 June 29, 1895) was a US soldier and politician See also Prohibition, Teetotalism The Temperance Movement attempted to reduce the amount of Alcohol consumed within a community or society in 1895)
• September 17 - Bernhard Riemann, German mathematician (d. Year 1895 ( MDCCCXCV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Events 1176 - The Battle of Myriokephalon is fought 1462 - The Battle of Świecino (or Battle of Żarnowiec 1866)
• November 13 - Charles Frederick Worth, English couturier (d. Year 1866 ( MDCCCLXVI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 1002 - English king Ethelred orders the killing of all Danes in England, known today as the St Charles Frederick Worth ( October 13, 1825 &ndash March 10, 1895) widely considered the Father of Haute Couture, was an English 1895)
• November 24 - Carlo Collodi, Italian writer (d. Year 1895 ( MDCCCXCV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Events 380 - Theodosius I makes his adventus, or formal Carlo Lorenzini ( November 24, 1826 &ndash October 26, 1890) better known by the Pen name C 1890)
• date unknown - William Daniel, American temperance movement leader (d. Year 1890 ( MDCCCXC) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common William Daniel (1826&ndash1897 was an American politician He graduated from Dickinson College, studied law and began practicing it in See also Prohibition, Teetotalism The Temperance Movement attempted to reduce the amount of Alcohol consumed within a community or society in 1897)

Deaths

• January 3 - Louis Gabriel Suchet, French marshal (b. Year 1897 ( MDCCCXCVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Events 1431 - Joan of Arc is handed over to the Bishop Pierre Cauchon. Louis Gabriel Suchet, 1st Duc d' Albufera ( March 2, 1770 &ndash January 3, 1826) Marshal of France, one of 1770)
• January 17 - Juan Crisóstomo Arriaga, Spanish composer (b. Year 1770 ( MDCCLXX) was a Common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting on Friday Events 38 BC - Octavian marries Livia Drusilla. 1287 - King Alfonso III of Aragon invades Minorca Juan Crisóstomo Jacobo Antonio de Arriaga y Balzola ( January 27, 1806 – January 17, 1826) was a Spanish Basque 1806)
• March 29 - Johann Heinrich Voß, German poet (b. Year 1806 ( MDCCCVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 1461 - Wars of the Roses: Battle of Towton - Edward of York defeats Queen Margaret to become King Johann Heinrich Voss (Johann Heinrich Voß ˈfɔs 20 February, 1751 &ndash 29 March, 1826) was a German - Obotrite 1751)
• April 25 - Karl Ludwig von Phull, German military leader (b. Year 1751 ( MDCCLI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Events 1607 - Eighty Years' War: The Dutch fleet destroys the anchored Spanish fleet at Gibraltar. Karl Ludwig von Phull (or Pfuel) ( 6 November 1757 &ndash 25 April 1826) was a German General in the service 1757)
• May 6 - Sophie Hagman, Swedish ballerina and royal mistress (b. Year 1757 ( MDCCLVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Events 1527 - Spanish and German troops sack Rome; some consider this the end of the Renaissance. Sophie (Anna Stina Hagman ( 31 December 1758 in Eskilstuna, Södermanland Sweden - 6 May 1826 in Stockholm, Sweden was a Swedish 1758)
• May 16 - Elisabeth Alexeievna (Louise of Baden), Empress Consort of Russian Emperor Alexander I (b. Year 1758 ( MDCCLVIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 1204 - Baldwin IX Count of Flanders is crowned as the first Emperor of the Latin Empire. Elizabeth Alexeievna (Russian Елизавета Алексеевна (13/24 January 1779 - 4 May/16 May 1826 was the wife of Tsar Alexander I of Russia. 1779)
• June 3 - Nikolay Karamzin, reformer of the Russian language (b. Year 1779 ( MDCCLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 350 - Roman usurper Nepotianus, of the Constantinian dynasty, proclaims himself Roman Emperor, entering Nikolai Mikhailovich Karamzin ( Никола́й Миха́йлович Карамзи́н) (December 1 1766 – June 3 1826 a Russian author credited 1766)
• June 5 - Carl Maria von Weber, German composer (b. Year 1766 ( MDCCLXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Events 70 - Titus and his Roman Legions breach the middle wall of Jerusalem in the Siege of Jerusalem Carl Maria Friedrich Ernst von Weber ( 18 December 1786 in Eutin, Holstein, Germany - 5 June 1826 in London 1786)
• July 4
  • Thomas Jefferson, 3rd President of the United States (b. Year 1786 ( MDCCLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 836 - Pactum Sicardi, peace between the Principality of Benevento and the Duchy of Naples Thomas Jefferson (April 13 1743 – July 4 1826 was the third President of the United States (1801–1809 the principal author of the Declaration of Independence The President of the United States is the Head of state and Head of government of the United States and is the highest political official in United States by 1743)
  • John Adams, 2nd President of the United States (b. Year 1743 ( MDCCXLIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a John Adams (October 30 1735 July 4 1826 was one of the most influential Founding Fathers of the United States. The President of the United States is the Head of state and Head of government of the United States and is the highest political official in United States by 1735)
• July 5 - Stamford Raffles, British colonial governor and founder of Singapore (b. Year 1735 ( MDCCXXXV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Events 1295 - Scotland and France form an alliance the beginnings of the Auld Alliance, against England. Singapore 1781)
• July 8 - Luther Martin, delegate to the American Constitutional Convention (b. Year 1781 ( MDCCLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 939 - The Major Occultation or Ghaybat el-Kubra of Muhammad al-Mahdi 1099 - First Crusade: 15000 Luther Martin ( February 9, 1748 &ndash July 8, 1826) was a politician and one of United States ' Founding Fathers 1746)
• July 22 - Giuseppe Piazzi, Italian astronomer (b. Year 1746 ( MDCCXLVI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Events 1099 - First Crusade: Godfrey of Bouillon is elected the first Defender of the Holy Sepulchre of The Kingdom of Giuseppe Piazzi ( July 7 1746 - July 22 1826) was an Italian Theatine monk Mathematician, and Astronomer 1746)
• November 23 - Johann Elert Bode, German astronomer (b. Year 1746 ( MDCCXLVI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Events 800 - Charlemagne arrives at Rome to investigate the alleged crimes of Johann Elert Bode ( January 19, 1747 &ndash November 23, 1826) was a German Astronomer known for his reformulation 1747)