July 26th, 1564

Born on July 26th, 1564

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 167,000 days old!

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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, 2012

The New Irish Republican Army was formed from a merger of a number of dissident republican militant groups.

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.

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

94

George Bernard Shaw

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

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

29

Guro Reiten

Norwegian association football player

*July 26th, 1994, Sunndalsøra

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

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*July 26th, 1980, Hamilton

21

Rui Hirokami

Badminton player

*July 26th, 2002, Takaoka

81

Alfred Marshall

British economist

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

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

48

Marquard Freher

German historian, diplomat and writer

*July 26th, 1565, Augsburg †May 13th, 1614, Heidelberg

64

Kevin Spacey

American actor (1959-)

*July 26th, 1959, South Orange

82

Francesco Cossiga

8th President of Italy (1928-2010)

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

56

Jason Statham

English actor (born 1967)

*July 26th, 1967, Shirebrook

70

Stanley Kubrick

American filmmaker (1928–1999)

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

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

32

Joseph I, Holy Roman Emperor

Emperor from 1705 till his death in 1711

*July 26th, 1678, Vienna †April 17th, 1711, Vienna

72

Franco Mescolini

Italian actor

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

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52

William Shakespeare

English playwright and poet (1564–1616)

*March 31st, 1564, Stratford-upon-Avon †April 23rd, 1616, Stratford-upon-Avon

77

Galileo Galilei

Italian polymath

*February 15th, 1564, Pisa †January 8th, 1642, Arcetri

55

William Adams

English navigator who travelled to Japan

*September 24th, 1564, Gillingham †May 16th, 1620, Hirado

29

Christopher Marlowe

English dramatist, poet and translator (1564–1593)

*February 6th, 1564, Canterbury †May 30th, 1593, Deptford

46

Ernest II

Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg

*December 31st, 1564, Celle †March 2nd, 1611, Celle

64

Johannes Buxtorf

German Calvinist theologian

*December 25th, 1564, Kamen †September 13th, 1629, Basel

72

Antonius Matthaeus

German jurist (1564-1637)

*December 27th, 1564, Frankenberg †May 28th, 1637, Groningen

68

Henry Percy, 9th Earl of Northumberland

English aristocrat (1564-1632)

*April 27th, 1564, Tynemouth †November 5th, 1632, Petworth

73

Vincenzo Giustiniani

Italian banker and art collector (1564-1637)

*September 13th, 1564, Chios †December 27th, 1637, Rome

62

Pierre Coton

French Jesuit priest (1564-1626)

*January 1st, 1564, Néronde †March 19th, 1626, Paris

54

Johann Domann

German judge and author (1564-1618)

*May 2nd, 1564, Osnabrück †September 20th, 1618, The Hague

39

Johann Adam von Bicken

Archbishop-Elector

*May 27th, 1564, Netphen †January 11th, 1604, Aschaffenburg

72

Karel ze Žerotína

Czech nobleman (1564-1636)

*September 15th, 1564, Brandýs nad Orlicí †October 9th, 1636, Přerov

78

William Augustus, Duke of Brunswick-Harburg

German Prince

*March 15th, 1564, Harburg †March 30th, 1642, Harburg

45

Joseph Heintz the Elder

Swiss painter (1564-1609)

*June 11th, 1564, Basel †October 15th, 1609, Prague

53

David Fabricius

German astronomer

*March 9th, 1564, Esens †May 7th, 1617, Osteel

69

John Casimir, Duke of Saxe-Coburg

Duke of Saxe-Coburg

*June 12th, 1564, Gotha †July 16th, 1633, Coburg

67

Federico Borromeo

Cardinal Archbishop of Milan (1564-1631)

*August 18th, 1564, Milan †September 21st, 1631, Milan

71

Reynier Pauw

Dutch politician (1564-1636)

*July 29th, 1564, Amsterdam †February 19th, 1636, Amsterdam

47

Hans Leo Hassler

German composer and organist (1564-1612)

*November 5th, 1564, Nuremberg †June 8th, 1612, Frankfurt

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Leap year

Yes: 1564 is a leap year, therefore has a 29th of February with an additional leap day and a total of 366 days (instead of the usual 365 days in a normal year).

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