Famous Birthdays In August - 26

1469  On this day in history birth of ferdinand II of Naples (d. 1496)  

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

1596  Frederik V, king of Bohemia (White Mountain) was born on this day in history.  

1627  On this day in history birth of thomas Bullis, composer  

1676  On August - 26 birth of robert Walpole, (Whig) British PM (1721-42) [NS=Sept 5]  

1687  Willem the Fesch, Dutch violinist/composer (Joseph) was born on August - 26.  

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

1726  On August - 26 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 August - 26 birth of joseph Montgolfier, France, aeronaut (ballooning)  

1743  On August - 26 birth of antoine-Laurent Lavoisier, Paris, father of mod chemistry (Oxygen)  

1745  Francois Guichard, composer was born on August - 26.  

1749  On this day in history birth of johann Ernst Rembt, composer  

1775  William Joseph Behr, German writer (d. 1851) was born on August - 26.  

1788  Aloys Schmitt, German music theory/composer/royal pianist was born on August - 26.  

1789  Abbas Mirza, Prince of Persia (d. 1833) was born on August - 26.  

1792  Manuel Oribe, Uruguayan political figure (d. 1857) was born on August - 26.  

1811  On August - 26 birth of danville Leadbetter, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1866  

1813  On August - 26 birth of nicaise de Keyser, Flemish painter (Battle of Guilder Tracks)  

1819  On August - 26 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 August - 26.  

1823  On this day in history birth of wilhelm Troszel, composer  

1825  On this day in history birth of jacobus J Backer, German sea historian  

1826  Princess Alexandra of Bavaria (d. 1875) was born on August - 26.  

1828  On August - 26 birth of erik Anthon Valdemar Siboni, composer  

1833  On August - 26 birth of charles Jackson Paine, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)  

1835  Theodore Washington Brevard, Brig General (Confederate Army) was born on August - 26.  

1842  On this day in history birth of heinrich I Quincke, German internist (Lumbaalpunctie)  

1843  On August - 26 birth of george August Lumbye, composer  

1845  On August - 26 birth of mary Ann Nichols, English victim of Jack the Ripper (d. 1888)  

1850  On August - 26 birth of charles Richet, French physiologist (anaphylaxis-Nobel 1913)  

1854  On August - 26 birth of arnold Fothergill, England cricketer (d. 1932)  

1862  On August - 26 birth of herbert Booth, American son of William and Catherine Booth (d. 1926)  

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

1346  On this day in history jan de Blinde, King of Bohemia/count of Luxemburg, dies in battle  

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

1368  On August - 26 engelbrecht van der Mark, prince-Bishop of Luik (1345-64), dies  

1486  On August - 26 ernst I, ruler of Saxon (1464-86), dies at 45  

1518  Death of Giberto X, Italian mister of Correggio/husband of Veronica Gambara on this day in history.  

1551  Death of Margareta Leijonhufvud, queen of Gustav I of Sweden (b. 1516) on August - 26.  

1572  On this day in history death of petrus Ramus, French philosopher (b. 1515)