1826

Years: 1823 1824 1825 - 1826 - 1827 1828 1829

Decades: 1790s 1800s 1810s - 1820s - 1830s 1840s 1850s

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.
• February 8 – Unitarian Bernardino Rivadavia becomes the first President of Argentina.
• February 11 – University College London is founded, under the name University of London.
• February 11 – Swaminarayan wrote the Shikshapatri, an important test within the Swaminarayan faith.
• February 13 – The American Temperance Society is founded.
• April 1 – Samuel Morey patents the internal combustion engine.
• May 28 – Pedro I of Brazil abdicates as King of Portugal.
• June – Photography: Nicéphore Niépce makes a true photograph.
• June 14–15 – The Auspicious Incident: Mahmud II, sultan of Ottoman Empire, crushes the last mutiny of janissaries in Istanbul.
• June 22 – The Pan-American Congress of Panama tries (unsuccessfully) to unify the American republics.
• Early July – Ludwig van Beethoven puts the finishing touches on the String Quartet in C sharp Minor, Opus 131, the jewel in the crown of his late string quartets.
• July 4 – Both Thomas Jefferson and John Adams die.
• July 26 – The last auto de fé is held in Valencia.