Famous Birthdays In May - 26
Saturday, 07 September 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 Mehmed III, Ottoman Emperor (d. 1603) was born on May - 26.
1591 On this day in history birth of dirck Janszoon Sweelinck, composer
1602 On May - 26 birth of philippe de Champaigne, French painter (d. 1674)
1667 On May - 26 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 this day in history.
1700 Nikolaus L earl von Zinzendorf und Pottendorf, German evangelist was born on May - 26.
1759 Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin, writer/mother of Mary Shelley was born on May - 26.
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 this day in history birth of hans Georg Nageli, composer
1782 Joseph Drechsler, composer was born on May - 26.
1799 Alexander S Pushkin, Russia, writer (Eugene Onegin) was born on May - 26.
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 this day in history birth of christine [Elizabeth C] Poolman, Dutch actress (Stupid force)
1853 Monroe A Althouse, composer was born on May - 26.
1856 On this day in history birth of george Templeton Strong, composer
1859 On this day in history birth of alfred Edward Housman, Bromsgrove England, poet (A Buried Life)
1863 On May - 26 birth of robert Fitzsimmons, Boxing champion (d. 1917)
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 On May - 26 birth of john Eigenhuis, writer (Tough Workers)
1867 On May - 26 birth of mary, queen of Great Britain/North Ireland
1867 On May - 26 birth of mary of Teck, wife of George V of the United Kingdom (d. 1953)
1871 Camille Huysmans, Belgian premier (1946-47) was born on May - 26.
1873 On May - 26 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.