October 26 All Events |
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| October 26th, 2007 (October 26 2007) | Death | Nicolae Dobrin, Romanian footballer (born in 1947) | |
| October 26th, 2007 (October 26 2007) | Death | Friedman Paul Erhardt (Chef Tell), German-born American TV chef (born in 1943) | |
| October 26th, 2007 (October 26 2007) | Death | Dr. Arthur Kornberg, American Nobel Prize laureate in 1959 for the discovery of DNA polymerase (born in 1918) | |
| October 26th, 2007 (October 26 2007) | Death | Khun Sa, Burmese warlord (born in 1934) | |
| October 26th, 2006 (October 26 2006) | Death | Pontus Hulten, Swedish art collector and museum director (born in 1924) | |
| October 26th, 2005 (October 26 2005) | Death | Keith Parkinson, fantasy artist (born in 1958) | |
| October 26th, 2004 (October 26 2004) | Death | Bobby Avila, Major League Baseball player (born in 1924) | |
| October 26th, 2003 (October 26 2003) | Event | The Cedar Fire, the second-largest fire in California history, kills 15 people, consumes 250,000 acres (1,000 km?), and destroys 2,200 homes around San Diego. | |
| October 26th, 2002 (October 26 2002) | Event | Moscow Theatre Siege: Approximately 50 Chechen rebels and 150 hostages die when Russian Spetsnaz storm a theater building in Moscow, which had been occupied by the rebels during a musical performance three days before. | |
| October 26th, 2002 (October 26 2002) | Death | Jacques Massu, French general (born in 1908) | |
| October 26th, 2002 (October 26 2002) | Death | Movsar Barayev, Chechen militant (born in 1979) | |
| October 26th, 2001 (October 26 2001) | Event | The United States passes the USA PATRIOT Act into law. | |
| October 26th, 2000 (October 26 2000) | Event | Laurent Gbagbo takes over as president of Cote d Ivoire following a popular uprising against President Robert Guei. Bret Hart retires. | |
| October 26th, 1999 (October 26 1999) | Event | Britain s House of Lords votes to end the right of hereditary peers to vote in Britain s upper chamber of Parliament. | |
| October 26th, 1999 (October 26 1999) | Death | Hoyt Axton, American actor and country music singer-songwriter (born in 1938) | |
| October 26th, 1997 (October 26 1997) | Death | Joe Cinque, Civil Engineer (b 1978) | |
| October 26th, 1995 (October 26 1995) | Event | Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: Mossad agents assassinate Islamic Jihad leader Fathi Shikaki in his hotel in Malta. | |
| October 26th, 1995 (October 26 1995) | Death | Gorni Kramer, Italian bandleader and songwriter (born in 1913) | |
| October 26th, 1994 (October 26 1994) | Event | Jordan and Israel sign a peace treaty. | |
| October 26th, 1994 (October 26 1994) | Event | Announcement that Andrew Wiles correctly proved Fermat s last theorem. | Andrew Wiles Quotes |
| October 26th, 1994 (October 26 1994) | Death | Wilbert Harrison, American singer (born in 1929) | |
| October 26th, 1992 (October 26 1992) | Event | The command and control system of the London Ambulance Service fails catastrophically. | |
| October 26th, 1992 (October 26 1992) | Event | The Charlottetown Accord fails to win majority support in a Canada wide referendum. | |
| October 26th, 1989 (October 26 1989) | Death | Charles J. Pedersen, American Nobel laureate (born in 1904) | |
| October 26th, 1987 (October 26 1987) | Birth | Elise Estrada, Canadian singer | |
| October 26th, 1986 (October 26 1986) | Death | Jackson Scholz, American runner (born in 1897) | |
| October 26th, 1985 (October 26 1985) | Birth | Andrea Bargnani, Italian basketball player | |
| October 26th, 1985 (October 26 1985) | Birth | Monta Ellis, American basketball player | |
| October 26th, 1985 (October 26 1985) | Birth | Asin Thottumkal, Indian actress | |
| October 26th, 1984 (October 26 1984) | Event | "Baby Fae" receives a heart transplant from a baboon. | |
| October 26th, 1984 (October 26 1984) | Birth | Sasha Cohen, American figure skater | |
| October 26th, 1984 (October 26 1984) | Birth | Jefferson Farfan, Peruvian footballer | |
| October 26th, 1984 (October 26 1984) | Birth | Adriano Correia Claro, Brazilian footballer | |
| October 26th, 1984 (October 26 1984) | Birth | Amanda Overmyer, American Singer, American Idol (season 7) | |
| October 26th, 1984 (October 26 1984) | Death | Gus Mancuso, baseball player (born in 1905) | |
| October 26th, 1983 (October 26 1983) | Birth | Dmitri Sychev, Russian football player | |
| October 26th, 1983 (October 26 1983) | Birth | Francisco Liriano, Major League Baseball pitcher | |
| October 26th, 1983 (October 26 1983) | Birth | Luke Watson, South African rugby player | |
| October 26th, 1982 (October 26 1982) | Birth | Adam Carroll, British racing driver | |
| October 26th, 1981 (October 26 1981) | Birth | Guy Sebastian, Australian singer | |
| October 26th, 1981 (October 26 1981) | Birth | Sam Brown, American comedian | Sam Brown Quotes |
| October 26th, 1980 (October 26 1980) | Birth | Cristian Chivu, Romanian footballer | |
| October 26th, 1979 (October 26 1979) | Event | Park Chung-hee, President of South Korea is assassinated by KCIA head Kim Jae-kyu. Choi Kyu-ha becomes the acting President; Kim is executed the following May. | |
| October 26th, 1979 (October 26 1979) | Birth | Movsar Barayev, Chechen militant (died in 2002) | |
| October 26th, 1979 (October 26 1979) | Death | Park Chung-hee, President of South Korea (born in 1917) | |
| October 26th, 1978 (October 26 1978) | Event | Independent Counsel Act is signed into law. | |
| October 26th, 1978 (October 26 1978) | Birth | Jimmy Aggrey, English footballer | |
| October 26th, 1978 (October 26 1978) | Birth | Mark Barry, English musician (BBMak) | |
| October 26th, 1978 (October 26 1978) | Birth | CM Punk, American professional wrestler | |
| October 26th, 1978 (October 26 1978) | Birth | Eva Kaili, Greek TV presenter and politician | |
| October 26th, 1978 (October 26 1978) | Death | Alexander Gerschenkron, Russian-born economic historian (born in 1904) | |
| October 26th, 1977 (October 26 1977) | Event | The last natural case of smallpox was discovered in Merca district, Somalia. The WHO and the CDC consider this date the anniversary of the eradication of smallpox, the most spectacular success of vaccination. | |
| October 26th, 1977 (October 26 1977) | Birth | Jon Heder, American actor | |
| October 26th, 1976 (October 26 1976) | Birth | Miikka Kiprusoff, Finnish hockey player | |
| October 26th, 1974 (October 26 1974) | Birth | LISA, Japanese musician | |
| October 26th, 1973 (October 26 1973) | Birth | Seth MacFarlane, American animator | |
| October 26th, 1973 (October 26 1973) | Birth | Taka Michinoku , Japanese professional wrestle | |
| October 26th, 1972 (October 26 1972) | Death | Igor Sikorsky, Kiev, Russian Empire (currently Ukraine) born inventor (born in 1889) | |
| October 26th, 1971 (October 26 1971) | Birth | Anthony Rapp, American singer and actor | |
| October 26th, 1971 (October 26 1971) | Death | Vincent Coleman, American actor (born in 1901) | |
| October 26th, 1970 (October 26 1970) | Birth | Lisa Ryder, American actress | |
| October 26th, 1970 (October 26 1970) | Birth | Dian Bachar, American actor | |
| October 26th, 1970 (October 26 1970) | Birth | Raveena Tandon, Indian actress | |
| October 26th, 1967 (October 26 1967) | Birth | Keith Urban, New Zealand singer | |
| October 26th, 1966 (October 26 1966) | Birth | Jane Hajduk, American actress | |
| October 26th, 1966 (October 26 1966) | Birth | Steve Valentine, British actor | |
| October 26th, 1966 (October 26 1966) | Birth | Jeanne Zelasko, American sportcaster | |
| October 26th, 1966 (October 26 1966) | Birth | Masaharu Iwata, Japanese composer | |
| October 26th, 1966 (October 26 1966) | Death | Alma Cogan, English singer (born in 1932) | |
| October 26th, 1965 (October 26 1965) | Event | The Beatles are appointed Members of the Order of the British Empire (MBEs). | |
| October 26th, 1965 (October 26 1965) | Birth | Aaron Kwok Fu-Shing, Hong Kong singer | |
| October 26th, 1965 (October 26 1965) | Birth | Kelly Rowan, Canadian actress and producer. | |
| October 26th, 1965 (October 26 1965) | Death | Sylvia Likens, American torture victim (born in 1949) | |
| October 26th, 1964 (October 26 1964) | Event | Eric Edgar Cooke becomes last person in Western Australia to be executed. | |
| October 26th, 1964 (October 26 1964) | Birth | Thomas Cavanagh, Canadian actor | |
| October 26th, 1963 (October 26 1963) | Birth | Natalie Merchant, American singer | Natalie Merchant Quotes |
| October 26th, 1963 (October 26 1963) | Birth | Ted Demme, American film and television director (died in 2002) | |
| October 26th, 1962 (October 26 1962) | Birth | Cary Elwes, British actor | |
| October 26th, 1962 (October 26 1962) | Death | Louise Beavers, American actress (born in 1902) | |
| October 26th, 1961 (October 26 1961) | Birth | Dylan McDermott, American actor | |
| October 26th, 1960 (October 26 1960) | Birth | June Brigman, American comic book artist | |
| October 26th, 1959 (October 26 1959) | Birth | Evo Morales, President of Bolivia | Evo Morales Quotes |
| October 26th, 1959 (October 26 1959) | Birth | Francois Chau, Cambodian actor | |
| October 26th, 1959 (October 26 1959) | Birth | Brian Bovell, British actor | |
| October 26th, 1958 (October 26 1958) | Event | Pan American Airways makes the first commercial flight of the Boeing 707 from New York City to Paris, France. | |
| October 26th, 1957 (October 26 1957) | Birth | Bob Golic, American football player | |
| October 26th, 1957 (October 26 1957) | Death | Gerty Cori, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine laureate (born in 1896) | |
| October 26th, 1957 (October 26 1957) | Death | Nikos Kazantzakis, Greek writer (born in 1883) | Nikos Kazantzakis Quotes |
| October 26th, 1956 (October 26 1956) | Birth | Stephen Gumley, Australian businessman | |
| October 26th, 1956 (October 26 1956) | Birth | Rita Wilson, American actress | |
| October 26th, 1956 (October 26 1956) | Death | Walter Gieseking, French pianist (born in 1895) | |
| October 26th, 1955 (October 26 1955) | Event | After the last Allied troops have left the country and following the provisions of the Austrian Independence Treaty, Austria declares permanent neutrality. | |
| October 26th, 1955 (October 26 1955) | Event | Ngo Dinh Di?m declares himself Premier of South Vietnam. | |
| October 26th, 1954 (October 26 1954) | Event | Trieste return to Italy. | |
| October 26th, 1954 (October 26 1954) | Birth | James Busccema, American comic book artist | |
| October 26th, 1954 (October 26 1954) | Birth | Vassilis Hatzipanagis, Greek footballer | |
| October 26th, 1953 (October 26 1953) | Birth | Rosa Monckton, notable charity fundraiser | |
| October 26th, 1953 (October 26 1953) | Birth | Keith Strickland, American musician (The B-52 s) | |
| October 26th, 1952 (October 26 1952) | Birth | Andrew Motion, English poet and Poet Laureate | |
| October 26th, 1952 (October 26 1952) | Death | Hattie McDaniel, American singer and actress (born in 1895) | |
| October 26th, 1951 (October 26 1951) | Event | Boxer Joe Louis comes out of retirement to fight Rocky Marciano. However, Marciano would win the fight in eight rounds. | Joe Louis Quotes |
| October 26th, 1951 (October 26 1951) | Birth | Bootsy Collins, American musician (P Funk) | |
| October 26th, 1949 (October 26 1949) | Birth | Steve Rogers, Major League Baseball pitcher | |
| October 26th, 1949 (October 26 1949) | Birth | Antonio Carpio, Filipino Supreme Court jurist | |
| October 26th, 1948 (October 26 1948) | Event | Killer smog settles into Donora, Pennsylvania. | |
| October 26th, 1948 (October 26 1948) | Birth | Toby Harrah, American Major League Baseball player | |
| October 26th, 1947 (October 26 1947) | Event | The Maharaja of Kashmir agrees to allow his kingdom to join India. | |
| October 26th, 1947 (October 26 1947) | Event | The British Military Occupation ends in Iraq. | |
| October 26th, 1947 (October 26 1947) | Birth | Hillary Rodham Clinton, First Lady of the United States and United States Senator | Hillary Clinton Quotes |
| October 26th, 1947 (October 26 1947) | Birth | Jaclyn Smith, American actress | |
| October 26th, 1947 (October 26 1947) | Birth | Trevor Joyce, Irish poet | |
| October 26th, 1947 (October 26 1947) | Birth | Ian Ashley, British racing driver | |
| October 26th, 1947 (October 26 1947) | Death | Canon Edwin Sidney Savage, English rector (born in 1862) | |
| October 26th, 1946 (October 26 1946) | Birth | Pat Sajak, American game show host | |
| October 26th, 1946 (October 26 1946) | Birth | Holly Woodlawn, Puerto Rican actress | |
| October 26th, 1946 (October 26 1946) | Birth | Keith Hopwood, British musician (Herman s Hermits) | |
| October 26th, 1945 (October 26 1945) | Birth | Pat Conroy, American writer | |
| October 26th, 1945 (October 26 1945) | Birth | Demetris Th. Gotsis, Greek poet and author | |
| October 26th, 1945 (October 26 1945) | Death | Paul Pelliot, French explorer (born in 1878) | |
| October 26th, 1945 (October 26 1945) | Death | Alexei Krylov, Russian engineer and mathematician (born in 1863) | |
| October 26th, 1944 (October 26 1944) | Event | World War II: The Battle of Leyte Gulf ends. | |
| October 26th, 1944 (October 26 1944) | Death | Princess Beatrice of the United Kingdom, daughter of Queen Victoria (born in 1857) | |
| October 26th, 1944 (October 26 1944) | Death | William Temple, Archbishop of Canterbury (born in 1881) | William Temple Quotes |
| October 26th, 1943 (October 26 1943) | Event | World War II: First flight of the Dornier Do 335 "Pfeil". | |
| October 26th, 1943 (October 26 1943) | Death | Marc Aurel Stein, Hungarian-born archaeologist (born in 1862) | |
| October 26th, 1942 (October 26 1942) | Event | World War II: In the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands during the Guadalcanal Campaign, one U.S. aircraft carrier, Hornet, was sunk and another aircraft carrier, Enterprise, is heavily damaged. | |
| October 26th, 1942 (October 26 1942) | Birth | Bob Hoskins, British actor | |
| October 26th, 1941 (October 26 1941) | Birth | Charlie Landsborough, Singer/Songwriter | |
| October 26th, 1941 (October 26 1941) | Death | Arkady Gaidar, Russian children s writer (born in 1904) | |
| October 26th, 1940 (October 26 1940) | Event | The P-51 Mustang makes its maiden flight. | |
| October 26th, 1937 (October 26 1937) | Death | Jozef Dowbor-Musnicki, Polish general (born in 1867) | |
| October 26th, 1936 (October 26 1936) | Event | The first electric generator at Hoover Dam went into full operation. | |
| October 26th, 1936 (October 26 1936) | Birth | Shelley Morrison, American actress | |
| October 26th, 1934 (October 26 1934) | Birth | Hans-Joachim Rodelius, German composer and musician (Cluster, Harmonia) | |
| October 26th, 1931 (October 26 1931) | Death | Charles Comiskey, baseball team owner (born in 1859) | |
| October 26th, 1930 (October 26 1930) | Death | Harry Payne Whitney, American businessman (born in 1872) | |
| October 26th, 1929 (October 26 1929) | Birth | Neal Matthews, Jr., American singer (The Jordanaires) (died in 2000) | |
| October 26th, 1928 (October 26 1928) | Birth | Francisco Solano Lopez, Argentine comics artists | |
| October 26th, 1925 (October 26 1925) | Birth | Jan Wolkers, Dutch author (died in 2007) | |
| October 26th, 1921 (October 26 1921) | Birth | George Forrest, Northern Irish MP (died in 1968) | |
| October 26th, 1919 (October 26 1919) | Birth | Mohammad Reza Pahlavi of Iran, Shah of Iran (died in 1980) | |
| October 26th, 1918 (October 26 1918) | Event | Erich Ludendorff, quartermaster-general of the Imperial German Army, is dismissed by Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany for refusing to cooperate in peace negotiations. | Erich Ludendorff Quotes |
| October 26th, 1917 (October 26 1917) | Event | World War I: Battle of Caporetto; Italy suffers a catastrophic defeat at the forces of Austria-Hungary and Germany. | |
| October 26th, 1917 (October 26 1917) | Event | World War I:Brazil declared in state of war with Central Powers. | |
| October 26th, 1916 (October 26 1916) | Birth | Francois Mitterrand, President of France (died in 1996) | |
| October 26th, 1915 (October 26 1915) | Birth | Joe Fry, British racing driver (died in 1950) | |
| October 26th, 1914 (October 26 1914) | Birth | Jackie Coogan, American actor (died in 1984) | |
| October 26th, 1913 (October 26 1913) | Birth | Charlie Barnet, American jazz saxophonist and bandleader (died in 1991) | |
| October 26th, 1912 (October 26 1912) | Event | First Balkan War: The city of Thessaloniki is unified with Greece on the feast day of its patron Saint Demetrius. On the same day the Serbian troops captured Skopje. | |
| October 26th, 1912 (October 26 1912) | Birth | Don Siegel, American director (died in 1991) | |
| October 26th, 1911 (October 26 1911) | Birth | Sid Gilman, American football player (died in 2003) | |
| October 26th, 1911 (October 26 1911) | Birth | Mahalia Jackson, American singer (died in 1972) | |
| October 26th, 1911 (October 26 1911) | Birth | Sorley MacLean, Scottish poet (died in 1996) | |
| October 26th, 1909 (October 26 1909) | Death | Hirobumi Ito, Japanese Prime Minister (born in 1841) | |
| October 26th, 1906 (October 26 1906) | Birth | Primo Carnera, Italian boxer (died in 1967) | |
| October 26th, 1905 (October 26 1905) | Event | Norway becomes independent from Sweden. | |
| October 26th, 1905 (October 26 1905) | Birth | George Flahiff, Canadian Cardinal (died in 1989) | |
| October 26th, 1902 (October 26 1902) | Birth | Jack Sharkey, American boxer (died in 1994) | |
| October 26th, 1902 (October 26 1902) | Death | Elizabeth Cady Stanton, American feminist and suffragette (born in 1815) | |
| October 26th, 1899 (October 26 1899) | Birth | Judy Johnson Hall of Fame baseball player in the Negro Leagues (died in 1989) | |
| October 26th, 1896 (October 26 1896) | Death | Paul-Armand Challemel-Lacour, French statesman (born in 1827) | |
| October 26th, 1890 (October 26 1890) | Death | Carlo Collodi, Italian writer (born in 1826) | |
| October 26th, 1888 (October 26 1888) | Birth | Nestor Ivanovich Makhno, Ukrainian anarchist Insurrectionary leader (died in 1934) | |
| October 26th, 1883 (October 26 1883) | Birth | Napoleon Hill, American Writer and Philosopher (Think and Grow Rich)(died in 1970) | Napoleon Hill Quotes |
| October 26th, 1883 (October 26 1883) | Birth | Paul Pilgrim, American athlete (died in 1958) | |
| October 26th, 1881 (October 26 1881) | Event | The Gunfight at the O.K. Corral takes place at Tombstone, Arizona. | |
| October 26th, 1880 (October 26 1880) | Birth | Andrei Bely, Russian writer (died in 1934) | |
| October 26th, 1874 (October 26 1874) | Birth | Abby Aldrich Rockefeller, socialite and philanthropist (died in 1948) | |
| October 26th, 1874 (October 26 1874) | Birth | Martin Lowry, British chemist (died in 1936) | |
| October 26th, 1873 (October 26 1873) | Birth | Thorvald Stauning, Prime Minister of Denmark (died in 1942) | |
| October 26th, 1871 (October 26 1871) | Birth | Guillermo Kahlo, father of Frida Kahlo (died in 1941) | Frida Kahlo Quotes |
| October 26th, 1869 (October 26 1869) | Birth | Washington Luis Pereira de Sousa, President of Brazil (died in 1957) | |
| October 26th, 1866 (October 26 1866) | Death | John Kinder Labatt, Irish-Canadian brewer (Labatt Brewing Company) (born in 1803) | |
| October 26th, 1865 (October 26 1865) | Birth | Benjamin Guggenheim, American businessman (died in 1912) | |
| October 26th, 1864 (October 26 1864) | Death | "Bloody Bill" Anderson, American Civil War rebel guerrilla leader (born in 1839) | |
| October 26th, 1863 (October 26 1863) | Event | The Football Association is formed. | |
| October 26th, 1861 (October 26 1861) | Event | The Pony Express officially ceased operations. | |
| October 26th, 1860 (October 26 1860) | Event | Meeting of Teano. Giuseppe Garibaldi, conqueror of the Kingdom of Two Sicilies, gives it to King Victor Emmanuel II of Italy. | |
| October 26th, 1859 (October 26 1859) | Event | The Royal Charter is wrecked on the coast of Anglesey, north Wales with 459 dead. | |
| October 26th, 1854 (October 26 1854) | Birth | C. W. Post, American entrepreneur (died in 1914) | |
| October 26th, 1849 (October 26 1849) | Birth | Ferdinand Georg Frobenius, German mathematician (died in 1917) | |
| October 26th, 1842 (October 26 1842) | Birth | Vasili Vasilyevich Vereshchagin, Russian painter (died in 1904) | |
| October 26th, 1825 (October 26 1825) | Event | The Erie Canal openspassage from Albany, New York to Lake Erie. | |
| October 26th, 1817 (October 26 1817) | Death | Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin, Austrian scientist (born in 1727) | |
| October 26th, 1806 (October 26 1806) | Death | John Graves Simcoe, first lieutenant-governor of Upper Canada (born in 1752) | |
| October 26th, 1803 (October 26 1803) | Death | Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Marquess of Stafford, English politician (born in 1721) | |
| October 26th, 1802 (October 26 1802) | Birth | King Miguel of Portugal (died in 1866) | |
| October 26th, 1800 (October 26 1800) | Birth | Helmuth von Moltke the Elder, Prussian field marshal (died in 1891) | |
| October 26th, 1797 (October 26 1797) | Birth | Giuditta Pasta, Italian soprano (died in 1865) | |
| October 26th, 1795 (October 26 1795) | Event | The French Directory, a five-man revolutionary government, is created. | |
| October 26th, 1795 (October 26 1795) | Birth | Nikolaos Mantzaros, Greek composer (died in 1872) | |
| October 26th, 1794 (October 26 1794) | Birth | Konstantin Thon, Russian architect (died in 1881) | |
| October 26th, 1776 (October 26 1776) | Event | Benjamin Franklin departed from America for France on a mission to seek French support for the American Revolution. | Benjamin Franklin Quotes |
| October 26th, 1774 (October 26 1774) | Event | The first Continental Congress adjourns in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. | |
| October 26th, 1773 (October 26 1773) | Death | Amedee-Francois Frezier, French military engineer and explorer (born in 1682) | |
| October 26th, 1768 (October 26 1768) | Birth | Eustachy Erazm Sanguszko, Polish general and politician (died in 1844) | |
| October 26th, 1764 (October 26 1764) | Death | William Hogarth, British painter (born in 1697) | |
| October 26th, 1759 (October 26 1759) | Birth | Georges Jacques Danton, French Revolutionary leader (died in 1794) | George Ade Quotes |
| October 26th, 1757 (October 26 1757) | Birth | Karl Leonhard Reinhold, Austrian philosopher (died in 1823) | Philo Quotes |
| October 26th, 1751 (October 26 1751) | Death | Philip Doddridge, English religious leader (born in 1702) | |
| October 26th, 1717 (October 26 1717) | Death | Catherine Sedley, English mistress of James II of England (born in 1657) | |
| October 26th, 1694 (October 26 1694) | Birth | Johan Helmich Roman, Swedish composer (died in 1758) | |
| October 26th, 1686 (October 26 1686) | Death | John Egerton, 2nd Earl of Bridgewater, English politician (born in 1623) | |
| October 26th, 1685 (October 26 1685) | Birth | Domenico Scarlatti, Italian composer (died in 1757) | |
| October 26th, 1684 (October 26 1684) | Birth | Kurt Christoph Graf von Schwerin, Prussian field marshal (died in 1757) | |
| October 26th, 1679 (October 26 1679) | Death | Roger Boyle, 1st Earl of Orrery, British soldier, statesman, and dramatist (born in 1621) | |
| October 26th, 1675 (October 26 1675) | Death | William Sprague, English co-founder of Charlestown, Massachusetts (born in 1609) | Charles Sprague Quotes |
| October 26th, 1673 (October 26 1673) | Birth | Dimitrie Cantemir, Moldavian prince, linguist, and scholar (died in 1723) | |
| October 26th, 1671 (October 26 1671) | Death | Sir John Gell, 1st Baronet, English politician (born in 1593) | |
| October 26th, 1640 (October 26 1640) | Event | The Treaty of Ripon is signed, restoring peace between Scotland and Charles I of England. | |
| October 26th, 1633 (October 26 1633) | Death | Horio Tadaharu, Japanese warlord (born in 1596) | |
| October 26th, 1609 (October 26 1609) | Birth | William Sprague, English co-founder of Charlestown, Massachusetts (died in 1675) | Charles Sprague Quotes |
| October 26th, 1491 (October 26 1491) | Birth | Zhengde, Emperor of China (died in 1521) | |
| October 26th, 1473 (October 26 1473) | Birth | Friedrich of Saxony (died in 1510) | |
| October 26th, 1440 (October 26 1440) | Death | Gilles de Rais, French serial killer (born in 1404) | |
| October 26th, 1427 (October 26 1427) | Birth | Archduke Sigismund of Austria (died in 1496) | |
| October 26th, 1235 (October 26 1235) | Death | King Andrew II of Hungary (born in 1175) | |
| October 26th, 0899 (October 26 0899) | Death | Alfred the Great, king of Wessex (born in 849) | |
| October 26th, 0740 (October 26 0740) | Event | An earthquake strikes Constantinople, causing much damage and death. | |
