July 26th, 1226

Born on July 26th, 1226

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 291,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 562 days, exactly on January 13th, 2026, people who were born on July 26th, 1226 will be 292,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on July 26th?

July 26th, 2016

A former employee carried out a mass stabbing at a care home for disabled people in Sagamihara, Japan, killing 19 people and wounding 26 others.

July 26th, 2007

After widespread controversy throughout Wales, Shambo, a black Friesian bull that had been adopted by the local Hindu community, was slaughtered due to concerns about bovine tuberculosis.

July 26th, 1993

Asiana Airlines Flight 733 crashed into a mountain during a failed attempt to land at Mokpo Airport, South Korea, leading to the deaths of 68 of the people on board.

July 26th, 1968

After coming second to Nguyễn Văn Thiệu in a rigged presidential election, Trương Đình Dzu was jailed by a South Vietnamese military court for illicit currency transactions.

July 26th, 1953

In Short Creek, Arizona, police conducted a mass arrest of approximately 400 Mormon fundamentalists for polygamy.

July 26th, 1936

The Canadian National Vimy Memorial (unveiling pictured), dedicated to the Canadian Expeditionary Force members killed in the First World War, was unveiled in Pas-de-Calais, France.

July 26th, 1887

L. L. Zamenhof (pictured) published Unua Libro, the first publication to describe Esperanto, a constructed international language.

July 26th, 1882

Boer mercenaries established the Republic of Stellaland (later flag pictured) in land claimed by the United Kingdom as part of British Bechuanaland.

July 26th, 1778

On the orders of Catherine the Great the first of tens of thousands of Greek and Armenian Christians were removed from Crimea and resettled in Pryazovia.

July 26th, 1759

French and Indian War: Rather than defend Fort Carillon, near present-day Ticonderoga, New York, from approaching British forces, French brigadier general François-Charles de Bourlamaque withdrew his troops and attempted to blow up the fort.

July 26th, 2016

Solar Impulse 2 becomes the first solar-powered aircraft to circumnavigate the Earth.

July 26th, 2011

A Royal Moroccan Air Force Lockheed C-130 Hercules crashes near Guelmim Airport in Guelmim, Morocco. All 80 people on board are killed.

July 26th, 2009

The militant Nigerian Islamist group Boko Haram attacks a police station in Bauchi, leading to reprisals by the Nigeria Police Force and four days of violence across multiple cities.

July 26th, 2005

Mumbai, India receives 99.5cm of rain (39.17 inches) within 24 hours, resulting in floods killing over 5,000 people.

July 26th, 1999

Kargil conflict officially comes to an end. The Indian Army announces the complete eviction of Pakistani intruders.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on July 26th

Same Day
Who's birthday is on July 26th?

70

Felix Magath

German association football player and manager

*July 26th, 1953, Aschaffenburg

29

Guro Reiten

Norwegian association football player

*July 26th, 1994, Sunndalsøra

94

George Bernard Shaw

Irish playwright, critic, and polemicist (1856–1950)

*July 26th, 1856, Dublin †November 2nd, 1950, Ayot St Lawrence

78

Helen Mirren

English actor (born 1945)

*July 26th, 1945, Hammersmith

23

Zoe Turnes

Argentinian handball player

*July 26th, 2000, Buenos Aires

43

Jacinda Ardern

Prime Minister of New Zealand (2017–2023)

*July 26th, 1980, Hamilton

21

Rui Hirokami

Badminton player

*July 26th, 2002, Takaoka

48

Liz Truss

Prime Minister of the United Kingdom in 2022

*July 26th, 1975, Oxford

59

Sandra Bullock

American-German actress and producer

*July 26th, 1964, Arlington County

64

Kevin Spacey

American actor (b. 1959)

*July 26th, 1959, South Orange

56

Jason Statham

English actor (born 1967)

*July 26th, 1967, Shirebrook

82

Francesco Cossiga

8th President of Italy (1928-2010)

*July 26th, 1928, Sassari †August 17th, 2010, Rome

70

Stanley Kubrick

American filmmaker (1928–1999)

*July 26th, 1928, The Bronx †March 7th, 1999, Harpenden

81

Alfred Marshall

British economist

*July 26th, 1842, Bermondsey †July 13th, 1924, Cambridge

80

Mick Jagger

British singer and songwriter; vocalist of The Rolling Stones

*July 26th, 1943, Dartford

69

Aldous Huxley

English writer and philosopher (1894–1963)

*July 26th, 1894, Godalming †November 22nd, 1963, Los Angeles

44

Juliet Rylance

British actress

*July 26th, 1979, London

72

Franco Mescolini

Italian actor

*July 26th, 1944, Cesena †April 12th, 2017, Cesena

67

Dorothy Hamill

American figure skater

*July 26th, 1956, Chicago

74

Thaksin Shinawatra

Thai politician

*July 26th, 1949, San Kamphaeng

68

Asif Ali Zardari

President of Pakistan since 2024

*July 26th, 1955, Nawabshah

30

Danny van Poppel

Dutch cyclist

*July 26th, 1993, Utrecht

59

Mareike Carrière

German actress

*July 26th, 1954, Hanover †March 16th, 2014, Hamburg

50

Kate Beckinsale

English actress

*July 26th, 1973, Chiswick

30

Caleb Stanko

American association football player

*July 26th, 1993, Holly

94

Stefan Drzewiecki

Polish inventor and engineer

*July 26th, 1843, Kunka †April 23rd, 1938, Paris

30

Taylor Momsen

American actress, singer and model

*July 26th, 1993, St. Louis

72

Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger

German politician (FDP) and former federal Minister of Justice

*July 26th, 1951, Minden

29

Lorrenzo Manzin

French cyclist

*July 26th, 1994, Saint-Denis

55

Olivia Williams

British actress

*July 26th, 1968, Camden Town

74

Roger Taylor

English musician, drummer of Queen

*July 26th, 1949, Dersingham

54

Oliver Krischer

German politician

*July 26th, 1969, Zülpich

28

Keanu Neal

American football player

*July 26th, 1995, Webster

38

Gaël Clichy

French association football player

*July 26th, 1985, Toulouse

99

Lorna Gray

American actress (1917-2017)

*July 26th, 1917, Grand Rapids †April 30th, 2017, Sherman Oaks

85

Carl Jung

Swiss psychiatrist and psychotherapist (1875–1961)

*July 26th, 1875, Kesswil †June 6th, 1961, Küsnacht

80

Ferdinand Tönnies

German sociologist, economist and philosopher (1855–1936)

*July 26th, 1855, Oldenswort †April 9th, 1936, Kiel

103

James Lovelock

English scientist (1919–2022)

*July 26th, 1919, Letchworth Garden City †July 26th, 2022, Abbotsbury

78

Jason Robards

American actor (1922–2000)

*July 26th, 1922, Chicago †December 26th, 2000, Bridgeport

72

George Clinton

Vice president of the United States from 1805 to 1812

*July 26th, 1739, Little Britain †April 20th, 1812, Washington, D.C.

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1226 is a normal year and no leap year.

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