Famous Birthdays In June - 26

1575  Anne Catherine of Brandenburg, queen of Denmark and Norway (d. 1612) was born on June - 26.  

1582  Johannes Schultz, composer was born on June - 26.  

1655  Jean Deutz, merchant/Amsterdam regent was born on June - 26.  

1681  Hedwig Sophia, duchess of Holstein-Gottorp, Swedish writer (d. 1708) was born on June - 26.  

1689  On June - 26 birth of edward Holyoke, American academic (d. 1769)  

1694  On June - 26 birth of georg Brandt, Swedish chemist and mineralogist (d. 1768)  

1702  On June - 26 birth of philip Doddridge, England, Dr/nonconformist clergyman  

1703  Thomas Clap, American academic (d. 1767) was born on June - 26.  

1730  On June - 26 birth of charles Joseph Messier, astronomer (cataloguer of "M objects")  

1742  On June - 26 birth of arthur Middleton, signer (Declaration of Independence)  

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1747  Leopold Jan Antonin Kozeluh, composer was born on this day in history.  

1749  On June - 26 birth of louis Joseph Claude Saint-Amans, composer  

1760  Johan I Jozef, monarch of Liechtenstein/fieldmarshal was born on June - 26.  

1763  On June - 26 birth of george Morland, England, artist of rural landscapes  

1819  On June - 26 birth of abner Doubleday, Mjr Gen (Union)/inventor (baseball) [or 1/26]  

1821  On June - 26 birth of bartolomé Mitre, Argentine general  

1823  Frederick Bowen Jewson, composer was born on this day in history.  

1824  Kelvin, [William Thomson], British physicist (Kelvin Scale) was born on June - 26.  

1824  Moritz Furstenau, composer was born on June - 26.  

1831  Julius Rodenberg, [Levy], German writer (Kriegs-Songs of War & Peace) was born on June - 26.  

1837  On June - 26 birth of martin Davis Hardin II, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1923  

1837  On this day in history birth of victor Jean Baptiste Girardey, Brig General (Confederate Army)  

1854  Robert Laird Borden, (C), 8th Canadian PM (1911-20) was born on June - 26.  

1865  On this day in history birth of bernard Berenson, art critic (Italian Painters of the Renaissance)  

1865  On June - 26 birth of charles E Bonin, French explorer/diplomat (China)  

1865  George C Pearce, actor (Country Kid, British Agent, Valiant) was born on June - 26.  

1866  On June - 26 birth of josef Swickard, Coblenz Germany, actor (Lost City, Tale of 2 Cities)  

1869  On this day in history birth of martin Andersen Nexø, Danish writer (d. 1954)  

1874  On this day in history birth of albert Relf, cricketer (England all-rounder in 13 Tests 1903-14)  

1874  On this day in history birth of mikhail Vladimirovich Ivanov-Boretsky, composer  

1875  Camille Zeckwer, composer was born on this day in history.  

1876  Nico[laas P] de Jong, Dutch radio play actor (Laughter & Tears) was born on this day in history.  

1878  On June - 26 birth of albert Siklos, composer  

1878  On June - 26 birth of ernest Torrence, Edinburgh Scotland, actor (Hunchback of Notre Dame)  

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0363  Flavius C Julianus, [Apostata], emperor of Rome (361-63), dies on June - 26.  

1291  On this day in history death of eleanor of Provence, wife of Henry III of England  

1541  Death of Francisco Pizarro, Spanish conqueror of Peru, assassinated in Lima on this day in history.  

1631  On June - 26 justinus van Nassau, ltalian admiral (Armada), dies  

1657  Tobias Michael, composer, dies at 65 on this day in history.  

1661  Lazaro Valvasensi, composer, dies at 76 on June - 26.  

1666  On this day in history richard Fanshawe, diplomat/translator/poet, dies  

1688  On June - 26 ralph Cudworth, philospher/cleric, dies