Famous Birthdays In August - 26

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 August - 26.  

1627  Thomas Bullis, composer was born on this day in history.  

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 August - 26 birth of elisha Williams, American rector of Yale College (d. 1755)  

1726  Karl Kohaut, composer was born on August - 26.  

1728  On August - 26 birth of johann Heinrich Lambert, German scientist (d. 1777)  

1736  On August - 26 birth of jean-Baptiste L. Romé de l'Isle, French chemist (d. 1790)  

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1740  Joseph Montgolfier, France, aeronaut (ballooning) was born on August - 26.  

1743  Antoine-Laurent Lavoisier, Paris, father of mod chemistry (Oxygen) was born on August - 26.  

1745  On August - 26 birth of francois Guichard, composer  

1749  On August - 26 birth of johann Ernst Rembt, composer  

1775  On this day in history birth of william Joseph Behr, German writer (d. 1851)  

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  On August - 26 birth of manuel Oribe, Uruguayan political figure (d. 1857)  

1811  On this day in history birth of danville Leadbetter, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1866  

1813  On this day in history 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  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 this day in history birth of erik Anthon Valdemar Siboni, composer  

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

1835  On August - 26 birth of theodore Washington Brevard, Brig General (Confederate Army)  

1842  Heinrich I Quincke, German internist (Lumbaalpunctie) was born on this day in history.  

1843  On this day in history birth of george August Lumbye, composer  

1845  On this day in history 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  Arnold Fothergill, England cricketer (d. 1932) was born on August - 26.  

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

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1278  On August - 26 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  On this day in history engelbrecht van der Mark, prince-Bishop of Luik (1345-64), dies  

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

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)