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.

Millennium: 2nd millennium
Centuries:
Decades:
Years:
1826 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar1826
MDCCCXXVI
Ab urbe condita2579
Armenian calendar1275
ԹՎ ՌՄՀԵ
Assyrian calendar6576
Balinese saka calendar1747–1748
Bengali calendar1233
Berber calendar2776
British Regnal yearGeo. 4 – 7 Geo. 4
Buddhist calendar2370
Burmese calendar1188
Byzantine calendar7334–7335
Chinese calendar乙酉年 (Wood Rooster)
4523 or 4316
    — to —
丙戌年 (Fire Dog)
4524 or 4317
Coptic calendar1542–1543
Discordian calendar2992
Ethiopian calendar1818–1819
Hebrew calendar5586–5587
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat1882–1883
 - Shaka Samvat1747–1748
 - Kali Yuga4926–4927
Holocene calendar11826
Igbo calendar826–827
Iranian calendar1204–1205
Islamic calendar1241–1242
Japanese calendarBunsei 9
(文政9年)
Javanese calendar1753–1754
Julian calendarGregorian minus 12 days
Korean calendar4159
Minguo calendar86 before ROC
民前86年
Nanakshahi calendar358
Thai solar calendar2368–2369
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
January 15: Le Figaro begins publication.

Events

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January–March

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April–June

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July–September

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October–December

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The oldest surviving photograph, by Nicéphore Niépce

Date unknown

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Births

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January–June

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Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin
 
Charles XV of Sweden

July–December

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August Ahlqvist
 
Bernhard Riemann
 
Carlo Collodi

Date unknown

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Deaths

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January–June

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Carl Maria von Weber
 
Joseph von Fraunhofer

July–December

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John Adams
 
Thomas Jefferson

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