Famous Birthdays In August - 26
Wednesday, 07 June 2023
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 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 this day in history.
1726 On August - 26 birth of karl Kohaut, composer
1728 Johann Heinrich Lambert, German scientist (d. 1777) was born on this day in history.
1736 On August - 26 birth of jean-Baptiste L. Romé de l'Isle, French chemist (d. 1790)
1740 Joseph Montgolfier, France, aeronaut (ballooning) was born on August - 26.
1743 On August - 26 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 On August - 26 birth of william Joseph Behr, German writer (d. 1851)
1788 On this day in history 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 this day in history 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 Nicaise de Keyser, Flemish painter (Battle of Guilder Tracks) was born on this day in history.
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 On August - 26 birth of jacobus J Backer, German sea historian
1826 On August - 26 birth of princess Alexandra of Bavaria (d. 1875)
1828 On August - 26 birth of erik Anthon Valdemar Siboni, composer
1833 Charles Jackson Paine, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers) was born on August - 26.
1835 Theodore Washington Brevard, Brig General (Confederate Army) was born on August - 26.
1842 On August - 26 birth of heinrich I Quincke, German internist (Lumbaalpunctie)
1843 George August Lumbye, composer was born on this day in history.
1845 On August - 26 birth of mary Ann Nichols, English victim of Jack the Ripper (d. 1888)
1850 Charles Richet, French physiologist (anaphylaxis-Nobel 1913) was born on this day in history.
1854 On August - 26 birth of arnold Fothergill, England cricketer (d. 1932)
1862 On this day in history birth of herbert Booth, American son of William and Catherine Booth (d. 1926)