Famous Personalities Born In February - 26

1361  On February - 26 birth of wenceslas of Bohemia, Holy Roman Catholic German emperor (1378-1400)   

1587  Stefano Landi, Italian composer (d. 1639) was born on February - 26.   

1588  On February - 26 birth of nicolaus Erich, composer   

1671  Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury, English politician and philosopher (d. 1713) was born on February - 26.   

1672  Antoine Augustine Calmet, French theologian (d. 1757) was born on February - 26.   

1675  Johann Philipp Treiber, composer was born on February - 26.   

1677  On this day in history birth of nicola Fago, composer   

1686  Godefroi L Count d'Estrades, French diplomat was born on February - 26.   

1714  James Hervey, English clergyman and writer (d. 1758) was born on February - 26.   

1717  On this day in history birth of john Randall, composer   

1720  On February - 26 birth of gian Francesco Albani, Italian Catholic cardinal (d. 1803)   

1746  On February - 26 birth of archduchess Marie Amalie of Austria, duchess of Piacenza (d. 1806)   

1770  Antoine Reicha, composer was born on February - 26.   

1772  On this day in history birth of caspar Furstenau, composer   

1799  On February - 26 birth of Émile Clapeyron, French engineer and physicist (d. 1864)   

1802  On February - 26 birth of victor Hugo, France, author (Hunchback of Notre Dame, Les Miserables)   

1808  On February - 26 birth of honoré Daumier, French painter, illustrator, and sculptor (d. 1879)   

1808  On this day in history birth of nathan Kelley,American architect, active mainly in Ohio, (d.1871)   

1814  On this day in history birth of charles Joseph Sainte-Claire Deville, French geologist (d. 1876)   

1824  Carlos Calvo, Arg diplomat/people rights scholar (Calvo Clause) was born on February - 26.   

1825  On this day in history birth of hans Balatka, composer   

1829  Levi Strauss, German-born clothing designer (d. 1902) was born on February - 26.   

1831  Filippo Marchetti, composer was born on February - 26.   

1832  John George Nicolay, US, author (Abe Lincoln's biographer) was born on this day in history.   

1834  On February - 26 birth of aleksander Zarzycki, composer   

1835  Richard Andree, German geography/etnologist (Andree's Handatlas) was born on this day in history.   

1837  Charles Woeste, Belgian count/min of Justice was born on February - 26.   

1838  Wendelin Weissheimer, composer was born on this day in history.   

1841  On February - 26 birth of evelyn Baring earl Cromer, English consul-general (Egypt)   

1842  Camille Flammarion, Mars researcher & popularizer of astronomy was born on this day in history.   

1845  On this day in history birth of aleksander Rozycki, composer   

1845  On this day in history birth of alexander III, St Petersburg, Russian tsar (1881-94) (3/10 NS)   

1846  William F "Buffalo Bill" Cody, Davenport Iowa, killed 4000 buffaloes was born on this day in history.   

1852  On February - 26 birth of john Harvey Kellogg, surgeon, inspired flaked cereal industry   

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1076  Death of Godfried III, with the Hump, duke of Neth-Lutherian, murdered on this day in history.   

1154  On February - 26 rogier II Guiscard, King of Sicily (1101-54), dies at 60   

1200  On February - 26 death of symeon, former Serbian ruler and saint   

1266  Manfred, bastard son of Emperor Frederik II/king of Sicily, dies on February - 26.   

1324  Dino Compagni, Italian silk seller/poet/chronicler, dies on this day in history.   

1360  On February - 26 death of roger Mortimer, 2nd Earl of March, English military leader (b. 1328)   

1538  On February - 26 worp van Thabor, Frisian abbott of Thabor (Chronicon Frisiae), dies   

1552  On this day in history death of heinrich Faber, German composer