Famous Birthdays In May - 26
Monday, 18 March 2024
1264 Prince Koreyasu, Japanese shogun (d. 1326) was born on this day in history.
1478 Clement VII, [Giulio de' Medici], Italy, Pope (1523-34) was born on May - 26.
1566 Mohammed III, sultan of Turkey (1595-1603) was born on this day in history.
1566 On May - 26 birth of mehmed III, Ottoman Emperor (d. 1603)
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 Mary Wortley Montagu, English essayist, feminist, eccentric was born on May - 26.
1700 On this day in history birth of nikolaus L earl von Zinzendorf und Pottendorf, German evangelist
1759 Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin, writer/mother of Mary Shelley was born on this day in history.
1764 On May - 26 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 Hans Georg Nageli, composer was born on May - 26.
1782 Joseph Drechsler, composer was born on this day in history.
1799 Alexander S Pushkin, Russia, writer (Eugene Onegin) was born on this day in history.
1806 On May - 26 birth of henry Knox Thatcher, Comm (Union Navy), died in 1880
1822 E de Goncourt, writer was born on May - 26.
1825 On May - 26 birth of felipe Gutierrez y Espinoza, composer
1835 On May - 26 birth of edward Porter Alexander, Brig General (Confederate Army)
1846 On May - 26 birth of arthur Coquard, composer
1850 On May - 26 birth of christine [Elizabeth C] Poolman, Dutch actress (Stupid force)
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 May - 26.
1865 On this day in history birth of akseli V Gallen-Kallela, Fins painter/graphic artist/illustrator
1865 Robert W. Chambers, American artist (d. 1933) was born on May - 26.
1866 John Eigenhuis, writer (Tough Workers) was born on this day in history.
1867 On May - 26 birth of mary, queen of Great Britain/North Ireland
1867 Mary of Teck, wife of George V of the United Kingdom (d. 1953) was born on May - 26.
1871 On May - 26 birth of camille Huysmans, Belgian premier (1946-47)
1873 On this day in history birth of cornelis G N de Vooys, translator/founder (New Taalgids)
1873 Olaf Gulbransson, Norwegian artist (d. 1958) was born on this day in history.