Famous Birthdays In February - 26

1361  On this day in history birth of wenceslas of Bohemia, Holy Roman Catholic German emperor (1378-1400)  

1587  On this day in history birth of stefano Landi, Italian composer (d. 1639)  

1588  On this day in history birth of nicolaus Erich, composer  

1671  On this day in history birth of anthony Ashley-Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury, English politician and philosopher (d. 1713)  

1672  On this day in history birth of antoine Augustine Calmet, French theologian (d. 1757)  

1675  On this day in history birth of johann Philipp Treiber, composer  

1677  Nicola Fago, composer was born on this day in history.  

1686  On this day in history birth of godefroi L Count d'Estrades, French diplomat  

1714  James Hervey, English clergyman and writer (d. 1758) was born on February - 26.  

1717  John Randall, composer was born on this day in history.  

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1720  Gian Francesco Albani, Italian Catholic cardinal (d. 1803) was born on February - 26.  

1746  On this day in history birth of archduchess Marie Amalie of Austria, duchess of Piacenza (d. 1806)  

1770  On February - 26 birth of antoine Reicha, composer  

1772  Caspar Furstenau, composer was born on February - 26.  

1799  On February - 26 birth of Émile Clapeyron, French engineer and physicist (d. 1864)  

1802  On this day in history birth of victor Hugo, France, author (Hunchback of Notre Dame, Les Miserables)  

1808  Honoré Daumier, French painter, illustrator, and sculptor (d. 1879) was born on February - 26.  

1808  On this day in history birth of nathan Kelley,American architect, active mainly in Ohio, (d.1871)  

1814  Charles Joseph Sainte-Claire Deville, French geologist (d. 1876) was born on February - 26.  

1824  On this day in history birth of carlos Calvo, Arg diplomat/people rights scholar (Calvo Clause)  

1825  On February - 26 birth of hans Balatka, composer  

1829  On this day in history birth of levi Strauss, German-born clothing designer (d. 1902)  

1831  On February - 26 birth of filippo Marchetti, composer  

1832  John George Nicolay, US, author (Abe Lincoln's biographer) was born on this day in history.  

1834  On this day in history birth of aleksander Zarzycki, composer  

1835  Richard Andree, German geography/etnologist (Andree's Handatlas) was born on February - 26.  

1837  On this day in history birth of charles Woeste, Belgian count/min of Justice  

1838  Wendelin Weissheimer, composer was born on this day in history.  

1841  Evelyn Baring earl Cromer, English consul-general (Egypt) was born on this day in history.  

1842  On February - 26 birth of camille Flammarion, Mars researcher & popularizer of astronomy  

1845  Aleksander Rozycki, composer was born on February - 26.  

1845  Alexander III, St Petersburg, Russian tsar (1881-94) (3/10 NS) was born on February - 26.  

1846  William F "Buffalo Bill" Cody, Davenport Iowa, killed 4000 buffaloes was born on February - 26.  

1852  On February - 26 birth of john Harvey Kellogg, surgeon, inspired flaked cereal industry  

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1076  Death of Godfried III, with the Hump, duke of Neth-Lutherian, murdered on February - 26.  

1154  Rogier II Guiscard, King of Sicily (1101-54), dies at 60 on February - 26.  

1200  Death of Symeon, former Serbian ruler and saint on February - 26.  

1266  On this day in history manfred, bastard son of Emperor Frederik II/king of Sicily, dies  

1324  Dino Compagni, Italian silk seller/poet/chronicler, dies on this day in history.  

1360  On this day in history death of roger Mortimer, 2nd Earl of March, English military leader (b. 1328)  

1538  On February - 26 worp van Thabor, Frisian abbott of Thabor (Chronicon Frisiae), dies  

1552  Death of Heinrich Faber, German composer on February - 26.