Frederick II Holy Roman Emperor King of the Romans (Germany) Sicily and Jerusalem born in Lesi Italy
Guilielmus Xylander German classical scholar (d. 1576)
Robert Bolling English settler in Virginia (d. 1709)
Peter Schenck GermanNeth engraverpublisher baptised
Johann Georg Pisendel German violinistcomposer
Thomas Gray English poet (Elegy Written in a Country Church Yard)
Jean Franois de Saint-Lambert French poet (d. 1803)
Friedrich Melchior baron von Grimm German writer (d. 1807)
Anthony Ziesenis architectsculptor (Town Hall of Westzaan)
Prince Josias of Coburg Austrian general (d. 1815)
Thomas Nelson merchant signer of Declaration of Independence
Clement Hofbauer Austrian missionary and saint (d. 1820)
Pierre earl de Cambronne French general (Waterloo Elba)
Heinrich J von Collin Austria dramatistpoet (Regulus)
Julie Clary queen consort of Naples (d. 1845)
Mary Fairfax Somerville British mathematician (d. 1872)
Filaret Drozdov Metropolitan of Moscow (d. 1867)
William Nelson Pendleton American Brigadier-General (Confederate Army) born in Richmond Virginia (d. 1883)
Israel Bush Richardson American Major General (Union Army) born in Fairfax Vermont (d. 1862)
E. D. E. N. Southworth American novelist (d. 1899)
Gustavus Adolphus Smith American Brigadier General (Union Army) born in Philadelphia County Pennsylvania(d. 1885)
Dion Boucicault [Dionysus Lardner Boursiquot] Irish actor and playwright (Rip van Winkle London Assurance) born in Dublin Ireland (d. 1890)
Augustus Louis Chetlain American Major General (Union Army) born in St. Louis Missouri (d. 1914)
Martinus Nijhoff Dutch publisher (Van Dale) and founder (Martinus Nijhoff Publishers) born in Arnhem Netherlands (d. 1894)
Morgan Bulkeley American politician and baseball commissioner (d. 1922)
Samuel Sam van Beem Flemish actor (Fanfan la Tulipe) born in Groningen Netherlands (d. 1912)
Arnold Mendelssohn German composer born in Ratibor Province of Silesia (d. 1933)
William Stephens U.S. political figure (d. 1944)
Friedrich Engel German mathematician (group theory)
Alexander Amfiteatrov Russian-French-Italian writer born in Kaluga Russia (d. 1923)
Harry Redman American composer writer and artist born in Illinois (d. 1958)
Norman Angell British politiciancowboyjournalist Nobel laureate (1933) (d. 1967)
Hubert Cuypers Dutch composerchoir conductor (Minstrels)
Dec 26 1198 French bishop Odo van Sully condemns Zottenfeest
Dec 26 1568 Uprising of Moriscos against suppression in Granada
Dec 26 1748 France & Austria sign treaty about Southern Netherlands