Famous Birthdays In August - 26

1469  On August - 26 birth of ferdinand II of Naples (d. 1496)  

1540  On this day in history birth of king Magnus of Livonia (d. 1583)  

1596  On August - 26 birth of frederik V, king of Bohemia (White Mountain)  

1627  Thomas Bullis, composer was born on August - 26.  

1676  Robert Walpole, (Whig) British PM (1721-42) [NS=Sept 5] was born on August - 26.  

1687  On this day in history birth of willem the Fesch, Dutch violinist/composer (Joseph)  

1694  On this day in history birth of elisha Williams, American rector of Yale College (d. 1755)  

1726  On this day in history birth of karl Kohaut, composer  

1728  On this day in history birth of johann Heinrich Lambert, German scientist (d. 1777)  

1736  On this day in history birth of jean-Baptiste L. Romé de l'Isle, French chemist (d. 1790)  

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1740  On this day in history birth of joseph Montgolfier, France, aeronaut (ballooning)  

1743  Antoine-Laurent Lavoisier, Paris, father of mod chemistry (Oxygen) was born on this day in history.  

1745  On August - 26 birth of francois Guichard, composer  

1749  Johann Ernst Rembt, composer was born on this day in history.  

1775  William Joseph Behr, German writer (d. 1851) was born on this day in history.  

1788  Aloys Schmitt, German music theory/composer/royal pianist was born on this day in history.  

1789  On this day in history birth of abbas Mirza, Prince of Persia (d. 1833)  

1792  Manuel Oribe, Uruguayan political figure (d. 1857) was born on this day in history.  

1811  Danville Leadbetter, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1866 was born on August - 26.  

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  James Harlan, (Rep-Iowa)/US Secretary of Interior (1865-66) was born on this day in history.  

1823  Wilhelm Troszel, composer was born on this day in history.  

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  On August - 26 birth of erik Anthon Valdemar Siboni, composer  

1833  On this day in history birth of charles Jackson Paine, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)  

1835  Theodore Washington Brevard, Brig General (Confederate Army) was born on this day in history.  

1842  On August - 26 birth of heinrich I Quincke, German internist (Lumbaalpunctie)  

1843  George August Lumbye, composer was born on August - 26.  

1845  Mary Ann Nichols, English victim of Jack the Ripper (d. 1888) was born on this day in history.  

1850  Charles Richet, French physiologist (anaphylaxis-Nobel 1913) was born on August - 26.  

1854  Arnold Fothergill, England cricketer (d. 1932) was born on this day in history.  

1862  Herbert Booth, American son of William and Catherine Booth (d. 1926) was born on August - 26.  

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1278  On this day in history ottokar II, King of Bohemia (1253-78), dies in battle  

1346  Jan de Blinde, King of Bohemia/count of Luxemburg, dies in battle on this day in history.  

1349  Death of Thomas Bradwardine, Archbishop of Canterbury on this day in history.  

1368  Engelbrecht van der Mark, prince-Bishop of Luik (1345-64), dies on this day in history.  

1486  Ernst I, ruler of Saxon (1464-86), dies at 45 on this day in history.  

1518  On August - 26 death of giberto X, Italian mister of Correggio/husband of Veronica Gambara  

1551  On August - 26 death of margareta Leijonhufvud, queen of Gustav I of Sweden (b. 1516)  

1572  On August - 26 death of petrus Ramus, French philosopher (b. 1515)