June 26th, 1601

Born on June 26th, 1601

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What happened on June 26th?

June 26th, 2010

A G20 summit, the largest and most expensive security operation in Canadian history, began in downtown Toronto.

June 26th, 1950

A Douglas DC-4 Skymaster aircraft crashed after departing from Perth, becoming the worst peacetime aviation accident in Australia's history.

June 26th, 2015

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Obergefell v. Hodges that the right of same-sex couples to marry is guaranteed by the Fourteenth Amendment.

June 26th, 2013

The U.S. Supreme Court granted federal recognition to same-sex marriage when it overturned the Defense of Marriage Act.

June 26th, 2003

The U.S. Supreme Court struck down sodomy laws in the country in the landmark decision Lawrence v. Texas.

June 26th, 1997

J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, the first book in the Harry Potter fantasy novel series, was released.

June 26th, 1945

At a conference in San Francisco, delegates from 50 nations signed a charter establishing the United Nations.

June 26th, 1918

World War I: The 26-day Battle of Belleau Wood near the Marne River in France ended with American forces finally clearing that forest of German troops.

June 26th, 1907

Organized by Vladimir Lenin and Joseph Stalin, among others, Bolshevik revolutionaries robbed a bank stagecoach in Tiflis, present-day Georgia.

June 26th, 1906

The 1906 French Grand Prix, the first Grand Prix motor racing competition, began near Le Mans.

June 26th, 1889

Bangui, the capital and largest city of the present-day Central African Republic, was founded in French Congo.

June 26th, 1886

French chemist Henri Moissan successfully isolated elemental fluorine (pictured in liquid state), for which he later won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry.

June 26th, 1848

French authorities suppressed the June Days uprising (pictured), in which workers rioted in response to plans to close the National Workshops.

June 26th, 1844

Julia Gardiner (pictured) married U.S. President John Tyler at the Church of the Ascension in New York, becoming the first lady.

June 26th, 1740

War of Jenkins' Ear: Spanish troops stormed the British-held strategically crucial position of Fort Mose in Spanish Florida.

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

Same year
Born in 1601

63

Pierre de Fermat

French mathematician and lawyer

*August 17th, 1601, Beaumont-de-Lomagne †January 12th, 1665, Castres

41

Louis XIII of France

King of France and Navarre (r. 1610–1643)

*September 27th, 1601, Fontainebleau †May 14th, 1643, Saint-Germain-en-Laye

66

Alonso Cano

Spanish painter, architect and sculptor (1601-1667)

*March 19th, 1601, Granada †September 3rd, 1667, Granada

78

Christoph Schrader

German rhetorician and librarian

*September 29th, 1601, Rethmar †April 24th, 1680, Helmstedt

72

Justus Gesenius

Lutheran theologian

*July 6th, 1601, Esbeck †September 18th, 1673, Hanover

57

Anne Eleonore of Hesse-Darmstadt

Duchess of Brunswick-Lüneburg by marriage (1601-1659)

*July 30th, 1601, Darmstadt †May 6th, 1659, Herzberg Castle

61

Guido Cagnacci

Italian painter (1601-1663)

*January 19th, 1601, Santarcangelo di Romagna †January 1st, 1663, Vienna

79

Philip I, Count of Schaumburg-Lippe

Count of Schaumburg-Lippe

*July 18th, 1601, Lemgo †April 10th, 1681, Stadthagen

53

Balthasar Gloxin

Roman jurist (1601-1654)

*January 10th, 1601, Burg auf Fehmarn †August 1st, 1654, Schleswig

53

Antonius Matthaeus

German jurist (1601-1654)

*November 15th, 1601, Herborn †December 25th, 1654, Utrecht

64

Marie de La Tour d'Auvergne

17th-century French noblewoman

*January 17th, 1601, Turenne †May 24th, 1665, Thouars

68

Johann Michael Moscherosch

German writer

*March 7th, 1601, Willstätt †April 4th, 1669, Worms

73

Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Gotha

Duke of Saxe-Gotha and Saxe-Altenburg (1601-1675)

*December 25th, 1601, Altenburg †March 26th, 1675, Gotha

59

Gerhard Coccejus

German jurist, diplomat and university professor

*July 1st, 1601, Bremen †July 27th, 1660

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1601 is a normal year and no leap year.

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