Famous Birthdays In May - 26
Monday, 11 December 2023
1264 On this day in history birth of prince Koreyasu, Japanese shogun (d. 1326)
1478 On this day in history birth of clement VII, [Giulio de' Medici], Italy, Pope (1523-34)
1566 Mohammed III, sultan of Turkey (1595-1603) was born on this day in history.
1566 Mehmed III, Ottoman Emperor (d. 1603) was born on May - 26.
1591 Dirck Janszoon Sweelinck, composer was born on May - 26.
1602 Philippe de Champaigne, French painter (d. 1674) was born on this day in history.
1667 On this day in history birth of abraham De Moivre, French mathematician (De Moivre's theorem)
1669 On May - 26 birth of sébastien Vaillant, French botanist (d. 1722)
1689 On May - 26 birth of mary Wortley Montagu, English essayist, feminist, eccentric
1700 Nikolaus L earl von Zinzendorf und Pottendorf, German evangelist was born on May - 26.
1759 On May - 26 birth of mary Wollstonecraft Godwin, writer/mother of Mary Shelley
1764 On this day in history birth of edward Livingston, American jurist and statesman (d. 1836)
1771 On May - 26 birth of rahel Varnhagen von Ense-Levin, German saloon owner/author
1773 On May - 26 birth of hans Georg Nageli, composer
1782 Joseph Drechsler, composer was born on this day in history.
1799 On May - 26 birth of alexander S Pushkin, Russia, writer (Eugene Onegin)
1806 Henry Knox Thatcher, Comm (Union Navy), died in 1880 was born on this day in history.
1822 On May - 26 birth of e de Goncourt, writer
1825 Felipe Gutierrez y Espinoza, composer was born on May - 26.
1835 On this day in history birth of edward Porter Alexander, Brig General (Confederate Army)
1846 Arthur Coquard, composer was born on May - 26.
1850 Christine [Elizabeth C] Poolman, Dutch actress (Stupid force) was born on this day in history.
1853 Monroe A Althouse, composer was born on May - 26.
1856 On May - 26 birth of george Templeton Strong, composer
1859 Alfred Edward Housman, Bromsgrove England, poet (A Buried Life) was born on this day in history.
1863 Robert Fitzsimmons, Boxing champion (d. 1917) was born on this day in history.
1865 Akseli V Gallen-Kallela, Fins painter/graphic artist/illustrator was born on this day in history.
1865 Robert W. Chambers, American artist (d. 1933) was born on May - 26.
1866 John Eigenhuis, writer (Tough Workers) was born on May - 26.
1867 Mary, queen of Great Britain/North Ireland was born on this day in history.
1867 Mary of Teck, wife of George V of the United Kingdom (d. 1953) was born on May - 26.
1871 On this day in history birth of camille Huysmans, Belgian premier (1946-47)
1873 Cornelis G N de Vooys, translator/founder (New Taalgids) was born on this day in history.
1873 On this day in history birth of olaf Gulbransson, Norwegian artist (d. 1958)