Famous Personalities Born In August - 26
Tuesday, 18 February 2025
1469 On this day in history birth of ferdinand II of Naples (d. 1496)
1540 On August - 26 birth of king Magnus of Livonia (d. 1583)
1596 On this day in history birth of frederik V, king of Bohemia (White Mountain)
1627 On August - 26 birth of thomas Bullis, composer
1676 On this day in history birth of robert Walpole, (Whig) British PM (1721-42) [NS=Sept 5]
1687 Willem the Fesch, Dutch violinist/composer (Joseph) was born on this day in history.
1694 On this day in history birth of elisha Williams, American rector of Yale College (d. 1755)
1726 Karl Kohaut, composer was born on August - 26.
1728 Johann Heinrich Lambert, German scientist (d. 1777) was born on this day in history.
1736 Jean-Baptiste L. Romé de l'Isle, French chemist (d. 1790) was born on August - 26.
1740 On August - 26 birth of joseph Montgolfier, France, aeronaut (ballooning)
1743 On August - 26 birth of antoine-Laurent Lavoisier, Paris, father of mod chemistry (Oxygen)
1745 On August - 26 birth of francois Guichard, composer
1749 Johann Ernst Rembt, composer was born on August - 26.
1775 William Joseph Behr, German writer (d. 1851) was born on August - 26.
1788 On this day in history birth of aloys Schmitt, German music theory/composer/royal pianist
1789 Abbas Mirza, Prince of Persia (d. 1833) was born on August - 26.
1792 Manuel Oribe, Uruguayan political figure (d. 1857) was born on this day in history.
1811 On this day in history birth of danville Leadbetter, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1866
1813 On August - 26 birth of nicaise de Keyser, Flemish painter (Battle of Guilder Tracks)
1819 On this day in history birth of albert "Bertie" von Saksen-Coburg-Gotha, husband of queen Victoria
1820 James Harlan, (Rep-Iowa)/US Secretary of Interior (1865-66) was born on August - 26.
1823 On August - 26 birth of wilhelm Troszel, composer
1825 On this day in history birth of jacobus J Backer, German sea historian
1826 Princess Alexandra of Bavaria (d. 1875) was born on this day in history.
1828 Erik Anthon Valdemar Siboni, composer was born on August - 26.
1833 On August - 26 birth of charles Jackson Paine, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)
1835 On August - 26 birth of theodore Washington Brevard, Brig General (Confederate Army)
1842 On this day in history birth of heinrich I Quincke, German internist (Lumbaalpunctie)
1843 George August Lumbye, composer was born on August - 26.
1845 On this day in history birth of mary Ann Nichols, English victim of Jack the Ripper (d. 1888)
1850 On this day in history birth of charles Richet, French physiologist (anaphylaxis-Nobel 1913)
1854 Arnold Fothergill, England cricketer (d. 1932) was born on August - 26.
1862 Herbert Booth, American son of William and Catherine Booth (d. 1926) was born on August - 26.