August 26th, 1648

Born on August 26th, 1648

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What happened on August 26th, 1648?

August 26th, 1648

The Fronde: First Fronde: In the wake of the successful Battle of Lens, Cardinal Mazarin, Chief Minister of France, suddenly orders the arrest of the leaders of the Parlement of Paris, provoking the rest of Paris to break into insurrection and barricade the streets the next day.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fronde

What else happened on August 26th?

August 26th, 1826

Quincy Market in Boston opens as a replacement for an overcrowded market in Faneuil Hall, later becoming a major tourist attraction.

August 26th, 2008

After a ceasefire was reached in the Russo-Georgian War, Russia recognized the independence of Abkhazia and South Ossetia.

August 26th, 1980

A bomb was planted at Harvey's Resort Hotel in Stateline, Nevada, which the FBI later described as the most complex improvised explosive device ever created.

August 26th, 1978

Aboard the Soviet Soyuz 31 spacecraft, Sigmund Jähn (pictured) became the first German in space.

August 26th, 1970

Betty Friedan and the National Organization for Women organized the Women's Strike for Equality in New York City, in which 50,000 women protested the continuing lack of gender equality.

August 26th, 1966

The South African Defence Force launched an attack against SWAPO guerrilla fighters at Omugulugwombashe, starting the South African Border War.

August 26th, 1955

Pather Panchali, the first film in The Apu Trilogy by Satyajit Ray, was released and went on to win many Indian and international film awards.

August 26th, 1940

The 1940 New England hurricane formed over the Atlantic Ocean; it would go on to cause widespread damage despite never making landfall in the United States.

August 26th, 1928

At a cafe in Paisley, Scotland, a woman found the remains of a snail in her bottle of ginger beer, giving rise to the landmark civil action case Donoghue v Stevenson.

August 26th, 1914

World War I: As the British Expeditionary Force and French Fifth Army began their retreat from Mons, the British II Corps delayed the pursuing Germans at the Battle of Le Cateau long enough for the main force to escape.

August 26th, 1789

French Revolution: The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen (pictured), defining a set of individual and collective rights of the people, was approved by the National Constituent Assembly.

August 26th, 1768

HMS Endeavour departed Plymouth, England, marking the start of the first voyage of explorer James Cook.

August 26th, 1748

The first Lutheran denomination in North America, the Pennsylvania Ministerium, was founded in Philadelphia.

August 26th, 1346

Hundred Years' War: At the Battle of Crécy, English forces established the military supremacy of English longbows over the French combination of crossbows and armoured knights.

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

Same year
Born in 1648

32

Magdalena Sibylle of Saxe-Weissenfels

German noble

*September 2nd, 1648, Halle (Saale) †January 7th, 1681, Gotha

81

Michelangelo Tamburini

Superior Geeral of the Society of Jesuits (1648-1730)

*September 27th, 1648, Modena †February 28th, 1730, Rome

85

Gerard Hoet

Dutch painter, writer, and later art dealer (1648-1733)

*August 22nd, 1648, Zaltbommel †December 2nd, 1733, The Hague

74

Anne Henriette of Bavaria

Princess of Condé (1648-1723)

*March 13th, 1648, Paris †February 23rd, 1723, Petit Luxembourg

15

Françoise Madeleine d'Orléans

French princess

*October 13th, 1648, Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye †January 14th, 1664, Turin

51

Albert V, Duke of Saxe-Coburg

Duke of Saxe-Coburg

*May 24th, 1648, Gotha †August 6th, 1699, Coburg

62

Petrus Codde

First Old Catholic bishop

*November 27th, 1648, Amsterdam †December 18th, 1710, Utrecht

72

Henri de Massue, Earl of Galway

British Army general

*April 9th, 1648, Paris †September 3rd, 1720, Bangor

73

Grinling Gibbons

Anglo-Dutch sculptor and wood carver (1648-1721)

*April 4th, 1648, Rotterdam †August 3rd, 1721, London

88

Tommaso Ceva

Italian mathematician (1648-1737)

*December 20th, 1648, Milan †February 3rd, 1737, Milan

81

Samuel Strimesius

*February 2nd, 1648, Königsberg †January 28th, 1730, Frankfurt (Oder)

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Leap year

Yes: 1648 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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