Famous Birthdays In June - 26

1575  Anne Catherine of Brandenburg, queen of Denmark and Norway (d. 1612) was born on this day in history.  

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  Edward Holyoke, American academic (d. 1769) was born on June - 26.  

1694  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

1730  On this day in history birth of charles Joseph Messier, astronomer (cataloguer of "M objects")  

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

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

1749  Louis Joseph Claude Saint-Amans, composer was born on this day in history.  

1760  Johan I Jozef, monarch of Liechtenstein/fieldmarshal was born on this day in history.  

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

1819  Abner Doubleday, Mjr Gen (Union)/inventor (baseball) [or 1/26] was born on this day in history.  

1821  On this day in history birth of bartolomé Mitre, Argentine general  

1823  Frederick Bowen Jewson, composer was born on June - 26.  

1824  Kelvin, [William Thomson], British physicist (Kelvin Scale) was born on this day in history.  

1824  Moritz Furstenau, composer was born on this day in history.  

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

1837  On this day in history birth of martin Davis Hardin II, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1923  

1837  Victor Jean Baptiste Girardey, Brig General (Confederate Army) was born on this day in history.  

1854  On this day in history birth of robert Laird Borden, (C), 8th Canadian PM (1911-20)  

1865  On June - 26 birth of bernard Berenson, art critic (Italian Painters of the Renaissance)  

1865  On this day in history 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 this day in history 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  Albert Relf, cricketer (England all-rounder in 13 Tests 1903-14) was born on this day in history.  

1874  Mikhail Vladimirovich Ivanov-Boretsky, composer was born on this day in history.  

1875  On June - 26 birth of camille Zeckwer, composer  

1876  On June - 26 birth of nico[laas P] de Jong, Dutch radio play actor (Laughter & Tears)  

1878  Albert Siklos, composer was born on June - 26.  

1878  Ernest Torrence, Edinburgh Scotland, actor (Hunchback of Notre Dame) was born on June - 26.  

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0363  On June - 26 flavius C Julianus, [Apostata], emperor of Rome (361-63), dies  

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

1541  On June - 26 death of francisco Pizarro, Spanish conqueror of Peru, assassinated in Lima  

1631  Justinus van Nassau, ltalian admiral (Armada), dies on this day in history.  

1657  On June - 26 tobias Michael, composer, dies at 65  

1661  On this day in history lazaro Valvasensi, composer, dies at 76  

1666  On June - 26 richard Fanshawe, diplomat/translator/poet, dies  

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