Famous Birthdays In May - 26
Thursday, 28 March 2024
1264 Prince Koreyasu, Japanese shogun (d. 1326) was born on May - 26.
1478 Clement VII, [Giulio de' Medici], Italy, Pope (1523-34) was born on May - 26.
1566 Mohammed III, sultan of Turkey (1595-1603) was born on May - 26.
1566 Mehmed III, Ottoman Emperor (d. 1603) was born on this day in history.
1591 Dirck Janszoon Sweelinck, composer was born on this day in history.
1602 On May - 26 birth of philippe de Champaigne, French painter (d. 1674)
1667 On May - 26 birth of abraham De Moivre, French mathematician (De Moivre's theorem)
1669 On May - 26 birth of sébastien Vaillant, French botanist (d. 1722)
1689 Mary Wortley Montagu, English essayist, feminist, eccentric was born on May - 26.
1700 Nikolaus L earl von Zinzendorf und Pottendorf, German evangelist was born on this day in history.
1759 On this day in history birth of mary Wollstonecraft Godwin, writer/mother of Mary Shelley
1764 Edward Livingston, American jurist and statesman (d. 1836) was born on this day in history.
1771 On May - 26 birth of rahel Varnhagen von Ense-Levin, German saloon owner/author
1773 Hans Georg Nageli, composer was born on May - 26.
1782 On May - 26 birth of joseph Drechsler, composer
1799 Alexander S Pushkin, Russia, writer (Eugene Onegin) was born on this day in history.
1806 On May - 26 birth of henry Knox Thatcher, Comm (Union Navy), died in 1880
1822 On May - 26 birth of e de Goncourt, writer
1825 On this day in history birth of felipe Gutierrez y Espinoza, composer
1835 On May - 26 birth of edward Porter Alexander, Brig General (Confederate Army)
1846 On this day in history birth of arthur Coquard, composer
1850 On this day in history birth of christine [Elizabeth C] Poolman, Dutch actress (Stupid force)
1853 On May - 26 birth of monroe A Althouse, composer
1856 On this day in history birth of george Templeton Strong, composer
1859 Alfred Edward Housman, Bromsgrove England, poet (A Buried Life) was born on May - 26.
1863 Robert Fitzsimmons, Boxing champion (d. 1917) was born on May - 26.
1865 Akseli V Gallen-Kallela, Fins painter/graphic artist/illustrator was born on May - 26.
1865 On May - 26 birth of robert W. Chambers, American artist (d. 1933)
1866 John Eigenhuis, writer (Tough Workers) was born on May - 26.
1867 Mary, queen of Great Britain/North Ireland was born on May - 26.
1867 Mary of Teck, wife of George V of the United Kingdom (d. 1953) was born on this day in history.
1871 On May - 26 birth of camille Huysmans, Belgian premier (1946-47)
1873 On this day in history birth of cornelis G N de Vooys, translator/founder (New Taalgids)
1873 Olaf Gulbransson, Norwegian artist (d. 1958) was born on May - 26.