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    This Is HISTORY | Birthdays

    Jun 26 1575

    Anne Catherine of Brandenburg queen of Denmark and Norway born in Halle (Saale) Holy Roman Empire (d. 1612)

    Jun 26 1582

    Johannes Schultz German composer born in Lneburg Germany (d. 1653)

    Jun 26 1655

    Jean Deutz merchant and Amsterdam regent born in Amsterdam (d. 1719)

    Jun 26 1681

    Hedvig Sophia Duchess of Holstein-Gottorp born in Three Crowns Castle Stockholm Sweden (d. 1708)

    Jun 26 1689

    Edward Holyoke American academic and 9th President of Harvard University born in Boston Massachusetts (d. 1769)

    Jun 26 1694

    Georg Brandt Swedish chemist and mineralogist born in Riddarhyttan Sweden (d. 1768)

    Jun 26 1702

    Philip Doddridge English Nonconformist clergyman born in London (d. 1751)

    Jun 26 1703

    Thomas Clap American academic 1st President of Yale University born in Scituate Massachusetts (d. 1767)

    Jun 26 1730

    Charles Messier French astronomer (cataloguer of M objects) born in Badonviller Lorraine France (d. 1817)

    Jun 26 1742

    Arthur Middleton American signer (Declaration of Independence) born in Charleston South Carolina (d. 1787)

    Jun 26 1747

    Leopold Koeluch Czech composer born in Velvary Czech Republic (d. 1818)

    Jun 26 1749

    Louis Joseph Claude Saint-Amans French composer born in Marseille France (d. 1820)

    Jun 26 1760

    Johan I Jozef Monarch of Liechtenstein and fieldmarshal born in Vienna Austria (d. 1836)

    Jun 26 1763

    George Morland English artist of rural landscapes born in London (d. 1804)

    Jun 26 1817

    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)

    Jun 26 1819

    Abner Doubleday Union general-major and inventor (baseball) born in Ballston Spa New York (d. 1893)

    Jun 26 1821

    Bartolom Mitre [Martnez] Argentine general author statesman and President (1862-1868) born in Buenos Aires Argentina (d. 1906)

    Jun 26 1823

    Frederick Bowen Jewson Scottish composer born in Edinburgh Scotland (d. 1891)

    Jun 26 1824

    Moritz Frstenau German composer born in Dresden Germany (d. 1889)

    Jun 26 1831

    Julius Rodenberg [Levy] German writer (Kriegs-Songs of War & Peace) born in Rodenberg Germany (d. 1914)

    Jun 26 1837

    Martin Davis Hardin II American Brigadier General (Union Army) born in Jacksonville Illinois (d. 1923)

    Jun 26 1837

    Victor Girardey Brigadier General (Confederate Army) born in Lauw France (d. 1864)

    Jun 26 1865

    Bernard Berenson American art critic (Italian Painters of the Renaissance) born in Vilnius Lithuania Russian Empire (d. 1959)

    Jun 26 1865

    Charles Bonin French explorer and diplomat (China) born in Poissy France (d. 1929)

    Jun 26 1865

    George C. Pearce American actor (The Shadow Sinister British Agent Valiant) born in NYC New York (d. 1940)

    Jun 26 1866

    Josef Swickard German actor (The Wizard of Oz Lost City Tale of 2 Cities) born in Coblenz Germany (d. 1940)

    Jun 26 1869

    Martin Andersen Nex Danish writer (Pelle Erobreren) born in Copenhagen Denmark (d. 1954)

    Jun 26 1874

    Albert Relf English cricketer (England all-rounder in 13 Tests 1903-14) born in Burwash East Sussex England (d. 1937)

    Jun 26 1875

    Camille Zeckwer American composer born in Philadelphia Pennsylvania (d. 1924)

    Jun 26 1878

    Albert Sikls Hungarian composer born in Budapest Hungary (d. 1942)

    Jun 26 1878

    Ernest Torrence Scottish actor (I Cover the Waterfront Hunchback of Notre Dame) born in Edinburgh Scotland (d. 1933)

    Jun 26 1880

    Natalia Brassova Russian noblewoman wife of Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich of Russia born in Perovo Moscow Russian Empire (d. 1952)

    Jun 26 1881

    Yaakov Cahan Hebrew poet and writer born in Slutsk Belarus (d. 1960)

    HISTORICAL EVENTS | ON THIS DAY

    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

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