July 26th, 1655

Born on July 26th, 1655

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 134,000 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

78

Helen Mirren

English actor (born 1945)

*July 26th, 1945, Hammersmith

29

Guro Reiten

Norwegian association football player

*July 26th, 1994, Sunndalsøra

23

Zoe Turnes

Argentinian handball player

*July 26th, 2000, Buenos Aires

32

Joseph I, Holy Roman Emperor

Emperor from 1705 till his death in 1711

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

81

Alfred Marshall

British economist

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

43

Jacinda Ardern

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*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 (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

69

Aldous Huxley

English writer and philosopher (1894–1963)

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

80

Mick Jagger

British singer and songwriter; vocalist of The Rolling Stones

*July 26th, 1943, Dartford

44

Juliet Rylance

British actress

*July 26th, 1979, London

72

George Clinton

Vice president of the United States from 1805 to 1812

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

72

Franco Mescolini

Italian actor

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

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50

Jacob Bernoulli

Swiss mathematician (1655-1705)

*January 5th, 1655, Basel †August 16th, 1705, Basel

41

Charles XI of Sweden

King of Sweden

*November 24th, 1655, Stockholm †April 5th, 1697, Stockholm

68

Innocent XIII

Pope of the Catholic Church from 1721 to 1724

*May 13th, 1655, Poli †March 7th, 1724, Rome

82

Carel de Moor

Painter from the Northern Netherlands (1655-1738)

*February 25th, 1655, Leiden †February 16th, 1738, Warmond

81

Ferdinand Kettler

Duke of Courland (1655-1737)

*November 2nd, 1655, Jelgava †May 4th, 1737, Gdańsk

69

Benedict Pictet

Genevan theologian

*May 19th, 1655, Geneva †June 9th, 1724, Geneva

70

Antonio Palomino

Painter from Spain (1655-1726)

*December 1st, 1655, Bujalance †August 12th, 1726, Madrid

45

Johann Beer

Austrian composer and writer

*February 28th, 1655, Sankt Georgen im Attergau †August 6th, 1700, Weißenfels

60

Ernest, Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen

German duke (1655-1715)

*July 12th, 1655, Gotha †October 17th, 1715, Hildburghausen

55

Vincenzo Grimani

Catholic cardinal

*May 26th, 1655, Mantua †September 26th, 1710, Naples

71

Johan Gabriel Sparwenfeld

Swedish diplomat, linguist and diarist

*July 17th, 1655, Åmål †June 2nd, 1727, Romfartuna

72

Cornelius Cruys

Norwegian admiral

*June 14th, 1655, Stavanger Municipality †June 14th, 1727, Saint Petersburg

86

Bernard de Montfaucon

French monk and scholar

*January 13th, 1655, Languedoc †December 21st, 1741, Paris

82

Rinaldo d'Este

Duke of Modena

*April 26th, 1655, Modena †October 26th, 1737, Modena

82

Caspar Bartholin the Younger

Danish anatomist

*September 10th, 1655, Copenhagen †June 11th, 1738, Copenhagen

75

Bartolomeo Cristofori

Italian maker of musical instruments

*May 4th, 1655, Padua †January 27th, 1731, Florence

65

Eleonor Magdalene of Neuburg

Holy Roman Empress, German Queen, Archduchess of Austria, Queen of Hungary and Bohemia as the third and last wife of Leopold

*January 6th, 1655, Düsseldorf †January 19th, 1720, Vienna

51

Louis William, Margrave of Baden-Baden

Margrave of Baden-Baden and chief commander of the German imperial army

*April 8th, 1655, Paris †January 4th, 1707, Rastatt

62

Johann Philipp of Ysenburg and Büdingen zu Philippseich

German aristocrat

*December 3rd, 1655, Offenbach am Main †September 21st, 1718, Dreieich

65

Philip, Landgrave of Hesse-Philippsthal

German ruler

*December 14th, 1655, Kassel †June 18th, 1721, Aachen

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1655 is a normal year and no leap year.

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