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….
Tag: 1826
22 May 1826
The HMS Beagle departs on its first voyage. Captain Pringle Stokes was appointed captain of Beagle on 7 September 1825, and the ship was allocated…
25 December 1826
The Eggnog Riot at the United States Military Academy ends. ecember 25, 1826, at West Point was not a typical Christmas morning. Cadets stumbled from…
7 October 1826
The Granite Railway starts operations as the first chartered railway in the U.S.