1826

Centuries: 18th century - 19th century - 20th century

Decades: 1770s 1780s 1790s 1800s 1810s - 1820s - 1830s 1840s 1850s 1860s 1870s

Years: 1821 1822 1823 1824 1825 - 1826 - 1827 1828 1829 1830 1831

• February 11 - London University is founded
• April 1 - Samuel Morey patents the internal combustion engine.

Arts, Sciences, Literature and Philosophy

• 1826 in literature:

Births

• January 12 - William Chapman Rawlston[?], banker and financier
• January 26 - Louis Favre[?], engineer Gotthard tunnel[?] (+ 1879)
• February 16 - Joseph Victor von Scheffel[?], poet (+ 1886)
• February 16 - Julia Grant[?], First Lady, wife of President Ulysses S. Grant (+ 1902)
• March 29 - Wilhelm Liebknecht[?], journalist and politician (+ 1900)
• May 3 - King Charles XV of Sweden and Norway
• July 4 - Stephen Foster songwriter and poet, (+ 1864)
• November 24 - Carlo Collodi, Italian writer, the creator of Pinocchio

Deaths

• July 4 - Thomas Jefferson.
• July 4 - John Adams