This Day in History : [ 26 / Sep ]

Anna of Bavaria Queen of the Romans (d. 1353)

Thomas de Ros 8th Baron de Ros English soldier and politician born in Belvoir Leicestershire (d. 1430)

Willem s-Gravesande Dutch mathematician and physicist born in s-Hertogenbosch Duchy of Brabant (d. 1742)

Richard Grenville-Temple 2nd Earl Temple English politician born in London (d. 1779)

Cuthbert Collingwood 1st Baron Collingwood British admiral born in Newcastle upon Tyne Northumberland England (d. 1810)

Cosme Argerich Argentine physician and founder of the Medicine School of Buenos Aires born in Buenos Aires Argentina (d. 1820)

Ludwig Yorck von Wartenburg Prussian Generalfeldmarschall born in Potsdam Brandenburg Kingdom of Prussia (d. 1830)

Wenzel Mller Austrian composer born in Markt Trnau Moravia (d. 1835)

Johnny Appleseed [John Chapman] American pioneer nurseryman (introduced apple trees to Pennsylvania Ontario Ohio Indiana and Illinois) born in Leominster Massachusetts (d. 1845)

Nassau William Senior British economist (New Poor Law 1834) born in Compton Berkshire England (d. 1864)

Thodore Gricault French painter (The Raft of the Medusa) born in Rouen Normandy France (d. 1824)

William Hobson first Governor of New Zealand and co-author of the Treaty of Waitangi born in Waterford Ireland (d. 1842)

Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar father of Bengali prose (Exile of Sita) born in Birsingha Bengal Presidency British India (d. 1891)

Alvin Peterson Hovey American judge 21st Governor of Indiana (1889-1891) andBrevet Major General (Union Army) born in Mount Vernon Indiana (d. 1891)

Ivan Aksakov Russian journalist (Denj Moskvitsh) born in Nadezhdino Belebey Uyezd Orenburg Governorate (d. 1889)

Pyotr Petrovich Sokalsky Russian composer born in Kharkiv Ukraine (d. 1887)

Louis-Olivier Taillon French Canadian politician born in Terrebonne Lower Canada (d. 1923)

Pavel Ivanovich Blaramberg Russian composer born in Orenburg (d. 1907)

Mary Russell Duchess of Bedford English aviator and ornithologist born in Stockbridge Hampshire England (d. 1937)

Henry Franklin Belknap Gilbert American composer born in Somerville Massachusetts (d. 1928)

Komitas [Soghomon Soghomonian] Armenian priest and composer born in Ktahya Ottoman Empire (d. 1935)

Christian X King of Denmark (1912-47) born in Charlottenlund Denmark (d. 1947)

Winsor McCay American cartoonist (Little Nemo) born in Spring Lake Michigan (d. 1934)

Ottokar Czernin Austro-Hungarian diplomat (Imperial Foreign Minister of Austria-Hungary) and politician born in Dimokur Austria-Hungary (d. 1932)

Amilcare Zanella Italian composer and conductor born in Monticelli dOngina Italy (d. 1949)

Alexey Shchusev Russian-Soviet architect born in Kishenev Bessarabia Governorate (d. 1949)

Charlie Llewellyn South African cricketer (South African lefty all-rounder 1896-1912) born in Pietermaritzberg Natal (d. 1964)

Edith Abbott American social worker and educator (University of Chicago Social Sciences) born in Grand Island Nebraska (d. 1957)

Edmund Gwenn English actor (Miracle on 34th Street) born in London England (d. 1959)

Alfred Cortot French-Swiss pianist and teacher born in Nyon Vaud Switzerland (d. 1962)

Ugo Cerletti Italian neurologist (discovered the method of electroconvulsive therapy) born in Conegliano Italy (d. 1963)

Petko Todorov Bulgarian writer (Fairy Samodiva Fee) born in Elena Bulgaria (d. 1916)

Hiram Wesley Evans American member of the Ku Klux Klan born in Ashland Alabama (d. 1966)