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| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 18th century – 19th century – 20th century |
| Decades: | 1790s 1800s 1810s – 1820s – 1830s 1840s 1850s |
| Years: | 1823 1824 1825 – 1826 – 1827 1828 1829 |
| Gregorian calendar | 1826 MDCCCXXVI |
| Ab urbe condita | 2579 |
| Armenian calendar | 1275 ԹՎ ՌՄՀԵ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6576 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 1747–1748 |
| Bengali calendar | 1233 |
| Berber calendar | 2776 |
| British Regnal year | 6 Geo. 4 – 7 Geo. 4 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2370 |
| Burmese calendar | 1188 |
| Byzantine calendar | 7334–7335 |
| Chinese calendar | 乙酉年 (Wood Rooster) 4522 or 4462 — to — 丙戌年 (Fire Dog) 4523 or 4463 |
| Coptic calendar | 1542–1543 |
| Discordian calendar | 2992 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1818–1819 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5586–5587 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1882–1883 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1747–1748 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4926–4927 |
| Holocene calendar | 11826 |
| Igbo calendar | 826–827 |
| Iranian calendar | 1204–1205 |
| Islamic calendar | 1241–1242 |
| Japanese calendar | Bunsei 9 (文政９年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1753–1754 |
| Julian calendar | Gregorian minus 12 days |
| Korean calendar | 4159 |
| Minguo calendar | 86 before ROC 民前86年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | 358 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2368–2369 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阴木鸡年 (female Wood-Rooster) 1952 or 1571 or 799 — to — 阳火狗年 (male Fire-Dog) 1953 or 1572 or 800 |
1826 (MDCCCXXVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar, the 1826th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 826th year of the 2nd millennium, the 26th year of the 19th century, and the 7th year of the 1820s decade. As of the start of 1826, the Gregorian calendar was 12 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.
Events
- The first photograph was taken.
- John Adams second president, and third president Thomas Jefferson both died same day Independence Day.
Births
- January 12 – William Chapman Rawlston, banker and financier
- January 26 – Louis Favre, Swiss engineer (d. 1879)
- February 16 – Joseph Victor von Scheffel, German poet (d. 1886)
- February 16 – Julia Grant, First Lady of the United States (d. 1902)
- March 4 – Theodore Judah, railroad engineer (d. 1863)
- March 24 – Matilda Joslyn Gage, pioneering feminist (d. 1898)
- March 29 – Wilhelm Liebknecht, German journalist and politician (d. 1900)
- April 6 – Gustave Moreau, French painter (d. 1898)
- May 3 – King Charles XV of Sweden and Norway (d. 1872)
- May 4 – Frederic Edwin Church, American painter (b. 1900)
- June 24 – George Goyder, Surveyor-General of South Australia (d. 1898)
- July 4 – Stephen Foster, American songwriter and poet (d. 1864)
- September 17 – Bernhard Riemann, German mathematician (d. 1866)
- November 13 – Charles Frederick Worth, English couturier (d. 1895)
- November 24 – Carlo Collodi, Italian writer (d. 1890)
Deaths
- July 4 – John Adams, President of the United States
- July 4 – Thomas Jefferson, President of the United States
Books
- Biographical Sketches and Interesting Anecdotes of Persons of Color – Abigail Mott
- The Broken Heart – Catherine Gore
- Cinq-Mars – Alfred de Vigny
- Deeds of the Olden Time – Anne Hatton
- Gaston de Blondeville – Ann Radcliffe
- Granby – T.H. Lister
- Die Harzreise (The Heart's Journey) – Heinrich Heine
- Henry the Fourth of France – Alicia Lefanu
- Honor O'Hara – Anna Maria Porter
- The Last Man – Mary Shelley
- The Last of the Mohicans – James Fenimore Cooper
- Tales Round a Winter Hearth – Jane Porter & Anna Maria Porter
- Vivian Grey – Benjamin Disraeli
- Woodstock – Sir Walter Scott
