Famous Birthdays In December - 26

1822  On this day in history birth of dion Boucicault, Irish/Us actor/playwright (Rip van Winkle)   

1824  Augustus Louis Chetlain, Mjr General (Union volunteers), died in 1914 was born on December - 26.   

1826  On this day in history birth of franz Coenen, composer   

1826  On this day in history birth of martinus Nijhoff, founder Nijhoff's book/publisher (Van Dale)   

1837  On this day in history birth of adm George Dewey, American naval hero of Manila   

1837  Morgan Bulkeley, American politician and baseball commissioner (d. 1922) was born on this day in history.   

1845  On December - 26 birth of salvatore Auteri Manzocchi, composer   

1849  On December - 26 birth of samuel E "Sam" van Beem, actor (Fanfan la Tulipe)   

1853  On December - 26 birth of rené Bazin, French novelist (d. 1932)   

1855  Arnold Ludwig Mendelssohn, composer was born on this day in history.   

1859  On December - 26 birth of johan F van Bemmelen, Dutch zoologist   

1859  William Stephens, U.S. political figure (d. 1944) was born on December - 26.   

1861  On this day in history birth of friedrich Engel, German mathematician (group theory)   

1862  Alexander V Amfiteatrov, Russian/French/Italian writer [NS] was born on this day in history.   

1869  Harry Redman, composer was born on December - 26.   

1872  Norman Angell, British politician, Nobel laureate (d. 1967) was born on December - 26.   

1873  Hubert Cuypers, Dutch composer/choir conductor (Minstrels) was born on this day in history.   

1873  On this day in history birth of karel Moor, composer   

1873  Thomas Wass, English cricketer (d. 1953) was born on this day in history.   

1874  Norman Angell, [Lane], English cowboy/journalist (Nobel 1933) was born on this day in history.   

1878  Isaiah Bowman, US, geography/co-founder (Geographical Review) was born on December - 26.   

1879  On December - 26 birth of armen Tigran Tigranyan, composer   

1879  Julius Weismann, composer was born on December - 26.   

1883  On this day in history birth of carl Oscar Ahues, Germany, International Chess Master (1950)   

1883  Frank Debenham, Australian geographer/geologist was born on December - 26.   

1887  On this day in history birth of arthur Ernest Percival, British Army officer (d. 1966)   

1890  Uncle Charlie Osborne, American fiddler (d. 1992) was born on this day in history.   

1891  Henry Miller, author (Tropic of Capricorn, Tropic of Cancer, Sexus) was born on this day in history.   

1893  Evgeny Karlovich Tikotsky, composer was born on December - 26.   

1893  On December - 26 birth of mao Tse-tung, of little red book fame, PM of China PR (1949-76)   

1893  Yury Nikolayevich Tyulin, composer was born on this day in history.   

1893  Mao Zedong, Chinese military leader and politician (d. 1976) was born on this day in history.   

1894  Antonio Molina, composer was born on this day in history.   

1894  On December - 26 birth of jean Toomer, American writer (d. 1967)   

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0267  On December - 26 dionysius, bishop of Rome/saint, dies   

0268  On December - 26 death of pope Dionysius   

1350  On this day in history death of jean de Marigny, French bishop   

1458  On this day in history death of arthur III, Duke of Brittany (b. 1393)   

1476  On this day in history death of galeazzo Maria Sforza, duke of Milan, murdered   

1530  On December - 26 zahir al-Din Mohammed Babur Shah, founder Mogols-dynasty, dies at 47   

1574  On this day in history charles Guise, archbishop/cardinal of Reims, dies at 50   

1624  On December - 26 simon Marius, astronomer, dies in Bavaria at 54