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1826
Events
January–March
January 15
– The French newspaper
Le Figaro
begins publication in Paris, initially as a weekly.
January 30
– The
Menai Suspension Bridge
, built by engineer
Thomas Telford
, is opened between the island of
Anglesey
and the mainland of Wales.
February 8
– Unitarian
Bernardino Rivadavia
becomes the first President of
Argentina
.
February 11
University College London
is founded, under the name
University of London
.
Swaminarayan
writes the
Shikshapatri
, an important text within
Swaminarayan Hinduism
.
February 13
– The
American Temperance Society
is founded.
February 24
–
Treaty of Yandabo
ends
First Anglo-Burmese War
, Britain gains
Assam
,
Manipur
,
Rakhine
and
Tanintharyi
.
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