Famous Birthdays In August - 26
Saturday, 10 April 2021
1469 On August - 26 birth of ferdinand II of Naples (d. 1496)
1540 King Magnus of Livonia (d. 1583) was born on August - 26.
1596 Frederik V, king of Bohemia (White Mountain) was born on this day in history.
1627 On August - 26 birth of thomas Bullis, composer
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 Elisha Williams, American rector of Yale College (d. 1755) was born on August - 26.
1726 On this day in history birth of karl Kohaut, composer
1728 On August - 26 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)
1740 On this day in history 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 Francois Guichard, composer was born on this day in history.
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 On August - 26 birth of aloys Schmitt, German music theory/composer/royal pianist
1789 On August - 26 birth of abbas Mirza, Prince of Persia (d. 1833)
1792 On this day in history birth of manuel Oribe, Uruguayan political figure (d. 1857)
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 Albert "Bertie" von Saksen-Coburg-Gotha, husband of queen Victoria was born on August - 26.
1820 On this day in history birth of james Harlan, (Rep-Iowa)/US Secretary of Interior (1865-66)
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 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 this day in history birth of george August Lumbye, composer
1845 Mary Ann Nichols, English victim of Jack the Ripper (d. 1888) was born on August - 26.
1850 On August - 26 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.