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Anne Catherine of Brandenburg queen of Denmark and Norway born in Halle (Saale) Holy Roman Empire (d. 1612)
Johannes Schultz German composer born in Lneburg Germany (d. 1653)
Jean Deutz merchant and Amsterdam regent born in Amsterdam (d. 1719)
Hedvig Sophia Duchess of Holstein-Gottorp born in Three Crowns Castle Stockholm Sweden (d. 1708)
Edward Holyoke American academic and 9th President of Harvard University born in Boston Massachusetts (d. 1769)
Georg Brandt Swedish chemist and mineralogist born in Riddarhyttan Sweden (d. 1768)
Philip Doddridge English Nonconformist clergyman born in London (d. 1751)
Thomas Clap American academic 1st President of Yale University born in Scituate Massachusetts (d. 1767)
Charles Messier French astronomer (cataloguer of M objects) born in Badonviller Lorraine France (d. 1817)
Arthur Middleton American signer (Declaration of Independence) born in Charleston South Carolina (d. 1787)
Leopold Koeluch Czech composer born in Velvary Czech Republic (d. 1818)
Louis Joseph Claude Saint-Amans French composer born in Marseille France (d. 1820)
Johan I Jozef Monarch of Liechtenstein and fieldmarshal born in Vienna Austria (d. 1836)
George Morland English artist of rural landscapes born in London (d. 1804)
Branwell Bront [Patrick Branwell Bront] English painter and writer and brother of the writers Charlotte Emily and Anne born in Thornton West Yorkshire England (d. 1848)
Abner Doubleday Union general-major and inventor (baseball) born in Ballston Spa New York (d. 1893)
Bartolom Mitre [Martnez] Argentine general author statesman and President (1862-1868) born in Buenos Aires Argentina (d. 1906)
Frederick Bowen Jewson Scottish composer born in Edinburgh Scotland (d. 1891)
Moritz Frstenau German composer born in Dresden Germany (d. 1889)
Julius Rodenberg [Levy] German writer (Kriegs-Songs of War & Peace) born in Rodenberg Germany (d. 1914)
Martin Davis Hardin II American Brigadier General (Union Army) born in Jacksonville Illinois (d. 1923)
Victor Girardey Brigadier General (Confederate Army) born in Lauw France (d. 1864)
Bernard Berenson American art critic (Italian Painters of the Renaissance) born in Vilnius Lithuania Russian Empire (d. 1959)
Charles Bonin French explorer and diplomat (China) born in Poissy France (d. 1929)
George C. Pearce American actor (The Shadow Sinister British Agent Valiant) born in NYC New York (d. 1940)
Josef Swickard German actor (The Wizard of Oz Lost City Tale of 2 Cities) born in Coblenz Germany (d. 1940)
Martin Andersen Nex Danish writer (Pelle Erobreren) born in Copenhagen Denmark (d. 1954)
Albert Relf English cricketer (England all-rounder in 13 Tests 1903-14) born in Burwash East Sussex England (d. 1937)
Camille Zeckwer American composer born in Philadelphia Pennsylvania (d. 1924)
Albert Sikls Hungarian composer born in Budapest Hungary (d. 1942)
Ernest Torrence Scottish actor (I Cover the Waterfront Hunchback of Notre Dame) born in Edinburgh Scotland (d. 1933)
Natalia Brassova Russian noblewoman wife of Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich of Russia born in Perovo Moscow Russian Empire (d. 1952)
Yaakov Cahan Hebrew poet and writer born in Slutsk Belarus (d. 1960)
Jun 26 1284 According to the Lneburg manuscript a piper leads 130 children of Hamelin away
Jun 26 1409 Council of Pisa selects Petros Philargi as 3rd Pope Alexander V
Jun 26 1498 Toothbrush invented in China using boar bristles