WHAT HAPPENED IN 1826.
Look what happened the 1826.

The Menai Suspension Bridge, considered the world's first modern suspension bridge, connecting the Isle of Anglesey to the north West coast of Wales, is opened. (30. January 1826)

University College London is founded under the name University of London. (11. February 1826)

Swaminarayan writes the Shikshapatri, an important text within Swaminarayan Hinduism. (11. February 1826)

The signing of the Treaty of Yandaboo marks the end of the First Burmese War. (24. February 1826)

Samuel Morey patents the internal combustion engine. (1. April 1826)

The 10,500 inhabitants of the Greek town Missolonghi start leaving the town after a year's siege by Turkish forces. Very few of them survive. (10. April 1826)

HMS Beagle departs on its first voyage. (22. May 1826)

Maniots defeat Egyptians under Ibrahim Pasha in the Battle of Vergas. (21. June 1826)

Thomas Jefferson, third president of the United States, dies the same day as John Adams, second president of the United States, on the fiftieth anniversary of the adoption of the United States Declaration of Independence. (4. July 1826)

Capt. William Morgan arrested in Batavia, New York for debt. This sets into motion the events that lead to his mysterious disappearance. (11. September 1826)

The Granite Railway begins operations as the first chartered railway in the U.S. (7. October 1826)

The Greek frigate Hellas arrives in Nafplion to become the first flagship of the Hellenic Navy. (25. November 1826)

French philhellene Charles Nicolas Fabvier forces his way through the Turkish cordon and ascends the Acropolis of Athens, which had been under siege. (1. December 1826)

Benjamin W. Edwards rides into Mexican-controlled Nacogdoches, Texas, and declares himself ruler of the Republic of Fredonia. (16. December 1826)

American settlers in Nacogdoches, Mexican Texas, declare their independence, starting the Fredonian Rebellion. (21. December 1826)

The Eggnog Riot at the United States Military Academy begins that night, wrapping up the following morning. (24. December 1826)

The Eggnog Riot at the United States Military Academy concludes after beginning the previous evening. (25. December 1826)