Timeline January 1826

Events in January 1826 3

• 1826 – 1889 Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin (1826-1889) Died 10 May 1889, aged 63 Saltykov-Shchedrin was a leading Russian satirist whose novel The Golovlyov Family and other works savaged the corruption and cruelty of Russian provincial life under serfdom. He also served for decades as a government official and provincial administrator.
• 1826 Surrender of Callao ends Spanish rule in South America Royalist garrison surrenders the Real Felipe fortress in Peru Spanish royalist forces holding the Real Felipe fortress at Callao surrendered to patriot troops under Andres de Santa Cruz, extinguishing the last organized Spanish military presence on the South American mainland. The surrender effectively ended the Peruvian War of Independence and, with it, three centuries of Spanish colonial rule in mainland South America.
• 1826 Menai Suspension Bridge opens Thomas Telford's bridge links Anglesey to mainland Wales Designed by engineer Thomas Telford, the Menai Suspension Bridge opened to traffic across the Menai Strait, connecting the island of Anglesey to the Welsh mainland. At the time it was the longest suspension bridge in the world and became a landmark of early civil engineering.