May 26th, 1736

Born on May 26th, 1736

Age in days, weeks and months
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What happened on May 26th, 1736?

May 26th, 1736

The Battle of Ackia is fought near the present site of Tupelo, Mississippi. British and Chickasaw soldiers repel a French and Choctaw attack on the then-Chickasaw village of Ackia.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chickasaw_Campaign_of_1736

What else happened on May 26th?

May 26th, 2002

Barges being towed destroyed part of a bridge near Webbers Falls, Oklahoma, causing vehicles to fall into the Robert S. Kerr Reservoir on the Arkansas River.

May 26th, 1999

Manchester United won the UEFA Champions League to become the first English football club to win three major championships in the same season.

May 26th, 1989

Tropical Storm Cecil dissipated over Laos after devastating Quảng Nam province, Vietnam, and causing the deaths of 751 people.

May 26th, 1967

The Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, one of the first progressive rock albums, was released.

May 26th, 1940

Second World War: The Allies began a mass evacuation of British, French and Belgian troops cut off by the German army during the Battle of Dunkirk.

May 26th, 1938

The House Un-American Activities Committee was established to investigate alleged disloyalty and subversive activities by people or organizations in the U.S. suspected of having communist or fascist ties.

May 26th, 1933

American singer Jimmie Rodgers (pictured) died at the Taft Hotel in New York City.

May 26th, 1932

Donoghue v Stevenson is decided, ultimately establishing the foundation for negligence in common law jurisdictions worldwide.

May 26th, 1906

Vauxhall Bridge in London opened, crossing the River Thames between Vauxhall and Westminster.

May 26th, 1897

The Church of England returned the original manuscript of William Bradford's Of Plymouth Plantation, an account of the Pilgrims and the early years of the Plymouth Colony, to the state of Massachusetts.

May 26th, 1894

Germany's Emmanuel Lasker defeated Wilhelm Steinitz to become world chess champion, beginning a record 27-year reign.

May 26th, 1888

The comic novel The Diary of a Nobody by brothers George and Weedon Grossmith first appeared in serial form in Punch.

May 26th, 1865

American Civil War: General Edmund Kirby Smith negotiated the surrender of his army, the only significant Confederate Army force remaining in the war.

May 26th, 1822

The deadliest fire in Norwegian history occurred at a church in Grue, killing at least 113 people.

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

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

37

Alexander Pushkin

Russian poet, playwright, and novelist (1799–1837)

*May 26th, 1799, Moscow †January 29th, 1837, Saint Petersburg

65

Wayne Hussey

English musician, singer of The Mission

*May 26th, 1958, Bristol

72

John Wayne

American actor (1907–1979)

*May 26th, 1907, Winterset †June 11th, 1979, Westwood

64

Al Jolson

Lithuanian-born American entertainer, actor, and singer (1886–1950)

*May 26th, 1886, Seredžius †October 23rd, 1950, San Francisco

81

Peggy Lee

American recording artist; singer, songwriter, composer and actress (1920-2002)

*May 26th, 1920, Jamestown †January 21st, 2002, Los Angeles

73

Wolfgang Bochow

Badminton player

*May 26th, 1944, Brunswick †September 14th, 2017, Siegburg

60

Simon Armitage

British poet, playwright, and novelist

*May 26th, 1963, Huddersfield

94

Roy Dotrice

British actor (1923–2017)

*May 26th, 1923, Bailiwick of Guernsey †October 16th, 2017, London

65

Margaret Colin

American actress

*May 26th, 1958, Brooklyn

89

Walter Rudersdorf

German teacher

*May 26th, 1926, Ellar †June 1st, 2015

57

Helena Bonham Carter

British actress (born 1966)

*May 26th, 1966, Islington

50

Isadora cucan

American dancer and choreographer

*May 26th, 1877, San Francisco †September 14th, 1927, Nice

84

Robert Morley

British actor (1908–1992)

*May 26th, 1908, Semley †June 3rd, 1992, Reading

63

Caspar Frederik Harsdorff

Danish architect (1735-1799)

*May 26th, 1735, Copenhagen †May 24th, 1799, Copenhagen

85

Horst Tappert

German actor (1923–2008)

*May 26th, 1923, Elberfeld †December 13th, 2008, Planegg

67

Mehdi El Glaoui

French-Moroccan actor and director

*May 26th, 1956, Choisy-le-Roi

62

Alexander Bernewitz

Latvian theologian (1856-1919)

*May 26th, 1856, Kandava †January 16th, 1919, Kandava

75

Rudolf Winderlich

German chemist (1876-1951)

*May 26th, 1876, Iserlohn †July 15th, 1951, Oldenburg

59

Lenny Kravitz

American musician and actor (born 1964)

*May 26th, 1964, New York City

74

Jeremy Corbyn

Former Leader of the British Labour Party, MP for Islington North

*May 26th, 1949, Chippenham

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Born in 1736

83

James Watt

British engineer (1736–1819)

*January 19th, 1736, Greenock †August 25th, 1819, Heathfield Hall

77

Joseph-Louis Lagrange

Mathematician and astronomer (1736–1813)

*January 25th, 1736, Turin †April 10th, 1813, Paris

63

Patrick Henry

Attorney, planter, politician and Founding Father of the United States (1736-1799)

*May 29th, 1736, Hanover County †June 6th, 1799, Brookneal

70

Charles-Augustin de Coulomb

French physicist

*June 14th, 1736, Angoulême †August 23rd, 1806, Paris

65

Friedrich Ernst von Bülow

(1736–1802)

*October 5th, 1736, Essenrode †May 4th, 1802, Celle

84

Johann Georg Scheffner

German author and translator

*August 8th, 1736, Königsberg †August 16th, 1820, Königsberg

76

Petrus Abresch

Dutch author, theologian and university professor

*January 26th, 1736, Middelburg †December 11th, 1812, Groningen

59

James Macpherson

British writer, poet, translator and politician (1736-1796)

*October 27th, 1736, Ruthven †February 17th, 1796, Inverness-shire

47

Franz Xaver Messerschmidt

German sculptor

*February 6th, 1736, Wiesensteig †August 19th, 1783, Bratislava

63

Carl Friedrich Christian Fasch

German composer (1736-1800)

*November 18th, 1736, Zerbst †August 3rd, 1800, Berlin

85

Alexandre Angélique de Talleyrand-Périgord

Catholic cardinal (1736-1821)

*October 16th, 1736, Paris †October 20th, 1821, Paris

73

Johann Georg Albrechtsberger

Austrian music educator, composer and organist

*February 3rd, 1736, Klosterneuburg †March 7th, 1809, Vienna

69

Alexander, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach

Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach and Brandenburg-Bayreuth

*February 24th, 1736, Ansbach †January 5th, 1806, Speen

58

Michael Ignaz Schmidt

(1736-1794)

*January 30th, 1736, Arnstein †November 1st, 1794, Vienna

66

Daniel Morgan

American pioneer, soldier, and politician (1736-1802)

*July 6th, 1736, Hunterdon County †July 6th, 1802, Winchester

74

Robert Raikes

English promoter of Sunday schools

*September 14th, 1736, Gloucester †April 5th, 1811, Gloucester

61

Carter Braxton

American politician (1736-1797), signer of the Declaration of Independence

*September 16th, 1736, King and Queen County †October 10th, 1797, Richmond

58

Eiler Hagerup

Norwegian lawyer and civil servant

*December 26th, 1736, Trondheim †May 19th, 1795

85

Jesse Root

American politician (1736-1822)

*December 28th, 1736, Coventry †March 29th, 1822

83

Michael Underwood

British physician

*September 29th, 1736, Surrey †November 30th, 1819, Knightsbridge

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Public holidays on May 26th

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day) which are celebrated on May 26th.

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Leap year

Yes: 1736 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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