Famous Birthdays In August - 26
Friday, 29 September 2023
1469 On August - 26 birth of ferdinand II of Naples (d. 1496)
1540 On August - 26 birth of king Magnus of Livonia (d. 1583)
1596 Frederik V, king of Bohemia (White Mountain) was born on this day in history.
1627 Thomas Bullis, composer was born on this day in history.
1676 Robert Walpole, (Whig) British PM (1721-42) [NS=Sept 5] was born on August - 26.
1687 Willem the Fesch, Dutch violinist/composer (Joseph) was born on this day in history.
1694 On August - 26 birth of elisha Williams, American rector of Yale College (d. 1755)
1726 Karl Kohaut, composer was born on August - 26.
1728 Johann Heinrich Lambert, German scientist (d. 1777) was born on this day in history.
1736 Jean-Baptiste L. Romé de l'Isle, French chemist (d. 1790) was born on August - 26.
1740 On August - 26 birth of joseph Montgolfier, France, aeronaut (ballooning)
1743 On this day in history birth of antoine-Laurent Lavoisier, Paris, father of mod chemistry (Oxygen)
1745 On August - 26 birth of francois Guichard, composer
1749 Johann Ernst Rembt, composer was born on this day in history.
1775 On August - 26 birth of william Joseph Behr, German writer (d. 1851)
1788 On August - 26 birth of aloys Schmitt, German music theory/composer/royal pianist
1789 Abbas Mirza, Prince of Persia (d. 1833) was born on August - 26.
1792 On August - 26 birth of manuel Oribe, Uruguayan political figure (d. 1857)
1811 Danville Leadbetter, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1866 was born on this day in history.
1813 On August - 26 birth of nicaise de Keyser, Flemish painter (Battle of Guilder Tracks)
1819 On this day in history birth of albert "Bertie" von Saksen-Coburg-Gotha, husband of queen Victoria
1820 On this day in history birth of james Harlan, (Rep-Iowa)/US Secretary of Interior (1865-66)
1823 On this day in history birth of wilhelm Troszel, composer
1825 Jacobus J Backer, German sea historian was born on August - 26.
1826 On August - 26 birth of princess Alexandra of Bavaria (d. 1875)
1828 Erik Anthon Valdemar Siboni, composer was born on this day in history.
1833 On this day in history birth of charles Jackson Paine, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)
1835 On this day in history birth of theodore Washington Brevard, Brig General (Confederate Army)
1842 On this day in history birth of heinrich I Quincke, German internist (Lumbaalpunctie)
1843 George August Lumbye, composer was born on this day in history.
1845 Mary Ann Nichols, English victim of Jack the Ripper (d. 1888) was born on this day in history.
1850 On this day in history birth of charles Richet, French physiologist (anaphylaxis-Nobel 1913)
1854 Arnold Fothergill, England cricketer (d. 1932) was born on August - 26.
1862 Herbert Booth, American son of William and Catherine Booth (d. 1926) was born on this day in history.