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 this day in history birth of edward Holyoke, American academic (d. 1769)  

1694  Georg Brandt, Swedish chemist and mineralogist (d. 1768) was born on June - 26.  

1702  Philip Doddridge, England, Dr/nonconformist clergyman was born on June - 26.  

1703  Thomas Clap, American academic (d. 1767) was born on this day in history.  

1730  Charles Joseph Messier, astronomer (cataloguer of "M objects") was born on June - 26.  

1742  On this day in history 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 this day in history birth of george Morland, England, artist of rural landscapes  

1819  On this day in history 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  On this day in history birth of kelvin, [William Thomson], British physicist (Kelvin Scale)  

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

1831  On June - 26 birth of julius Rodenberg, [Levy], German writer (Kriegs-Songs of War & Peace)  

1837  Martin Davis Hardin II, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1923 was born on June - 26.  

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

1854  Robert Laird Borden, (C), 8th Canadian PM (1911-20) was born on this day in history.  

1865  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

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

1869  Martin Andersen Nexø, Danish writer (d. 1954) was born on this day in history.  

1874  Albert Relf, cricketer (England all-rounder in 13 Tests 1903-14) was born on June - 26.  

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

1875  On June - 26 birth of camille Zeckwer, composer  

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

1878  On this day in history birth of albert Siklos, composer  

1878  Ernest Torrence, Edinburgh Scotland, actor (Hunchback of Notre Dame) was born on this day in history.  

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0363  On this day in history 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 June - 26 lazaro Valvasensi, composer, dies at 76  

1666  Richard Fanshawe, diplomat/translator/poet, dies on June - 26.  

1688  Ralph Cudworth, philospher/cleric, dies on this day in history.