Famous Personalities Born In May - 26
Saturday, 15 February 2025
1264 On May - 26 birth of prince Koreyasu, Japanese shogun (d. 1326)
1478 On May - 26 birth of clement VII, [Giulio de' Medici], Italy, Pope (1523-34)
1566 On May - 26 birth of mohammed III, sultan of Turkey (1595-1603)
1566 On this day in history birth of mehmed III, Ottoman Emperor (d. 1603)
1591 Dirck Janszoon Sweelinck, composer was born on May - 26.
1602 On May - 26 birth of philippe de Champaigne, French painter (d. 1674)
1667 Abraham De Moivre, French mathematician (De Moivre's theorem) was born on May - 26.
1669 Sébastien Vaillant, French botanist (d. 1722) was born on this day in history.
1689 On this day in history 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 Edward Livingston, American jurist and statesman (d. 1836) was born on this day in history.
1771 Rahel Varnhagen von Ense-Levin, German saloon owner/author was born on this day in history.
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 Henry Knox Thatcher, Comm (Union Navy), died in 1880 was born on this day in history.
1822 E de Goncourt, writer was born on this day in history.
1825 Felipe Gutierrez y Espinoza, composer was born on May - 26.
1835 Edward Porter Alexander, Brig General (Confederate Army) was born on May - 26.
1846 Arthur Coquard, composer was born on May - 26.
1850 On this day in history birth of christine [Elizabeth C] Poolman, Dutch actress (Stupid force)
1853 On May - 26 birth of monroe A Althouse, composer
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 Akseli V Gallen-Kallela, Fins painter/graphic artist/illustrator was born on May - 26.
1865 Robert W. Chambers, American artist (d. 1933) was born on this day in history.
1866 On this day in history birth of john Eigenhuis, writer (Tough Workers)
1867 On this day in history 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 On this day in history birth of olaf Gulbransson, Norwegian artist (d. 1958)