December 26th, 1485

Born on December 26th, 1485

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 196,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 372 days, exactly on May 9th, 2025, people who were born on December 26th, 1485 will be 197,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on December 26th?

December 26th, 1723

Johann Sebastian Bach (pictured) directed the premiere of Darzu ist erschienen der Sohn Gottes, his first Christmas cantata composed in Leipzig.

December 26th, 2006

Two earthquakes off the southwest coast of Taiwan damaged submarine communications cables, disrupting Internet services in Asia and affecting financial transactions.

December 26th, 1946

American gangster Bugsy Siegel opened The Flamingo Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, the oldest casino still in operation on the Las Vegas Strip.

December 26th, 1943

World War II: In the Battle of Cape Gloucester, American and Australian forces bombarded Japanese positions on New Britain in the Territory of New Guinea while U.S. Marines invaded from two sides of the island.

December 26th, 1919

American baseball player Babe Ruth was sold by the Boston Red Sox to their rivals, the New York Yankees, beginning the 84-year-long "Curse of the Bambino".

December 26th, 1900

A relief crew arrived at the Flannan Isles Lighthouse in Scotland and discovered that the previous crew had disappeared.

December 26th, 1898

At the French Academy of Sciences, physicists Pierre and Marie Curie announced the discovery of a new element, naming it radium.

December 26th, 1871

Thespis, the first comic opera by Gilbert and Sullivan, premiered at the Gaiety Theatre in London.

December 26th, 1862

American Civil War: The Battle of Chickasaw Bayou began with Confederate defenders engaging Union forces attempting to capture the city of Vicksburg, Mississippi.

December 26th, 1825

Imperial Russian Army officers led about 3,000 soldiers in protest against Nicholas I's assumption of the throne after his elder brother Konstantin removed himself from the line of succession.

December 26th, 1811

Seventy-two people died when a theater in Richmond, Virginia, was destroyed by fire, becoming the worst urban disaster in American history at the time.

December 26th, 1800

Philip Gidley King, Governor of New South Wales, ordered the formation of the Governor's Body Guard of Light Horse, described as the first full-time military unit raised in Australia.

December 26th, 1776

American Revolutionary War: George Washington led a Continental Army column across the Delaware River to launch a surprise attack against Hessian forces at the Battle of Trenton (painting shown).

December 26th, 1709

The opera Agrippina by George Frideric Handel premiered in Venice.

December 26th, 1606

The first known performance of King Lear, a tragedy written by William Shakespeare (pictured) and based on the legend of Leir of Britain, took place before King James I.

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

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

23

Isac Elliot

Finnish-Swedish pop singer, songwriter, dancer and actor

*December 26th, 2000, Kauniainen

82

Mao Zedong

1st Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party and founder of the People's Republic of China (1893–1976)

*December 26th, 1893, Shaoshan †September 9th, 1976, Zhongnanhai

64

Wolfgang Rolff

German association football player and manager

*December 26th, 1959, Lamstedt

81

Georg Buschner

German association football player and manager (1925-2007)

*December 26th, 1925, Gera †February 12th, 2007, Jena

87

Kathleen Crowley

American actress and beauty pageant contestant (1929-2017)

*December 26th, 1929, Green Bank †April 23rd, 2017, Green Bank

22

Marit van Ede

Dutch Handball player

*December 26th, 2001, Nieuwegein

37

Hugo Lloris

French footballer

*December 26th, 1986, Nice

52

Jared Leto

American actor and singer

*December 26th, 1971, Bossier City

55

Friedrich Myconius

German theologian

*December 26th, 1490, Lichtenfels †April 7th, 1546, Gotha

79

Charles Babbage

English mathematician, philosopher, inventor and mechanical engineer who originated the concept of a programmable computer (1791-1871)

*December 26th, 1791, London †October 18th, 1871, Marylebone

34

Yohan Blake

Jamaican sprinter

*December 26th, 1989, Saint James Parish

33

Aaron Ramsey

Welsh association football player (born 1990)

*December 26th, 1990, Caerphilly

62

John Lynch

Irish actor and novelist

*December 26th, 1961, Corrinshego

41

Aksel Lund Svindal

Norwegian alpine skier

*December 26th, 1982, Lørenskog

73

Uli Stein

German cartoonist and photographer

*December 26th, 1946, Hanover †August 29th, 2020, Wedemark

95

Martin Cooper

American engineer, father of mobile phone

*December 26th, 1928, Art Institute of Chicago

51

Robert Muchamore

English author

*December 26th, 1972, London

55

Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor

Holy Roman Emperor 1230-1250 (1194-1250)

*December 26th, 1194, Jesi †December 13th, 1250, Fiorentino

88

Karl Ernst Georges

German teacher and classical philologist

*December 26th, 1806, Gotha †August 25th, 1895, Gotha

67

Fanny Dombre-Coste

French politician

*December 26th, 1956, Sainte-Adresse

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Born in 1485

50

Catherine of Aragon

First wife of Henry VIII of England (1485–1536)

*December 16th, 1485, Alcalá de Henares †January 7th, 1536, Kimbolton Castle

72

Johannes Bugenhagen

German theologian; (1485-1558)

*June 24th, 1485, Wollin †April 20th, 1558, Lutherstadt Wittenberg

48

Chaitanya Mahaprabhu

15th century Indian Vaishnavite saint

*November 30th, 1485, Nabadwip †November 30th, 1533, Puri

71

Giovanni Battista Ramusio

Venetian geographer and writer

*July 20th, 1485, Treviso †July 10th, 1557, Padua

69

Elizabeth of Denmark, Electress of Brandenburg

Electress consort of Brandenburg

*June 24th, 1485, Nyborg Slot †June 10th, 1555, Berlin

61

Johann Kleeberger

German merchant

*February 6th, 1485, Nuremberg †September 6th, 1546, Lyon

63

Johannes Dantiscus

16th-century bishop and author

*October 1st, 1485, Gdańsk †October 27th, 1548, Lidzbark Warmiński

61

Beatus Rhenanus

German humanist, religious reformer, classical scholar and book collector (1485-1547)

*August 22nd, 1485, Sélestat †July 20th, 1547, Strasbourg

90

Wilhelm Werner von Zimmern

German judge and historian

*January 6th, 1485, Messkirch †January 7th, 1575, Bösingen

39

Anna of Mecklenburg-Schwerin

Mecklenburgian royal

*September 14th, 1485, Plau am See †May 12th, 1525, Rödelheim

69

Giovanni Arcimboldi

Italian Roman Catholic bishop and cardinal of Milan

*September 27th, 1485, Milan †April 6th, 1555, Milan

52

Sophie of Brandenburg-Ansbach-Kulmbach

German princess

*March 10th, 1485, Ansbach †May 24th, 1537, Legnica

16

Astorre III Manfredi

Italian noble

*June 20th, 1485, Faenza †June 9th, 1502, Rome

67

Blas Ortiz

Spanish writer

*January 1st, 1485, Villarrobledo †January 1st, 1552, Toledo

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on December 26th

Fixed holidays (Boxing Day, except when December 26 is a Sunday. If it is a Sunday, Boxing Day is transferred to December 27 by Royal Proclamation. , Christian feast day, St. Stephen's Day , The second day of the Twelve Days of Christmas) which are celebrated on December 26th.

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1485 is a normal year and no leap year.

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