August 26
1498 Michelangelo is commissioned to carve the Pietà.
1740 Joseph-Michel Montgolfier, French inventor who helped build first hot-air balloon, was born.
1743 Antoine-Laurent Lavoisier, French chemist, was born.
1819 Albert, German-born prince consort of Queen Victoria, was born.
1873 Lee De Forest, American inventor of the Audion vacuum tube, was born.
1875 John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir, Scottish novelist, Governor General of Canada, was born.
1906 Albert Sabin, the Polish-American doctor who developed the polio vaccine, was born.
August 27
410 The sacking of Rome by the Visigoths ends after three days.
1776 The Battle of Long Island took place in what is now Brooklyn, New York. British forces under General William Howe defeated American forces under General George Washington.
1883 The island volcano Krakatoa erupted. The resulting tidal waves claimed some 36,000 lives on the Indonesian islands of Java and Sumatra.
1927 Five Canadian women file a petition to the Supreme Court of Canada, asking, "Does the word 'Persons' in Section 24 of the British North America Act, 1867, include female persons?"
1945 American troops began landing in Japan following the surrender of the Japanese government in WW II.
Ottawa Branch of the Ontario Genealogical Society (OGS) is responsible for Carleton, Lanark, Renfrew, Prescott and Russell Counties. Our mission is “To encourage, assist and bring together all those interested in the pursuit of family history.” If you want to discover more about your family origins, or how and where to locate information about your ancestors, our members will be there to help you.
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