October 26th, 1757

Born on October 26th, 1757

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

October 26th, 1871

Liberian president Edward James Roye (pictured) was overthrown in modern Africa's first coup d'état.

October 26th, 2001

President George W. Bush signed the Patriot Act into law (pictured), significantly expanding the authority of United States law enforcement agencies.

October 26th, 2000

Following protests against military leader Robert Guéï, Laurent Gbagbo became the president of Ivory Coast.

October 26th, 1977

Somali hospital cook Ali Maow Maalin began displaying symptoms of smallpox, becoming the last person known to be naturally infected by the disease.

October 26th, 1955

The first buildings in the sacred Oyasato-yakata complex of the Japanese new religious movement Tenrikyo in Tenri, Nara, were completed.

October 26th, 1921

The Chicago Theatre (pictured), the oldest surviving grand movie palace, opened.

October 26th, 1905

The Saint Petersburg Soviet held its first meeting, becoming the first elected body in Russia to represent workers.

October 26th, 1902

A group of Russian explorers led by Baron von Toll left their camp on Bennett Island and disappeared without a trace.

October 26th, 1892

Ida B. Wells (pictured) began to publish her research on lynching in the United States, for which she was posthumously awarded a Pulitzer Prize in 2020.

October 26th, 1813

War of 1812: British forces and Mohawk allies under Charles de Salaberry repulsed an American attempt to invade Canada.

October 26th, 1597

Japanese invasions of Korea: Thirteen Korean ships commanded by Admiral Yi Sun-sin defeated a far larger Japanese invading fleet at the Battle of Myeongnyang in the Myeongnyang Strait.

October 26th, 1341

The Byzantine army proclaimed chief minister John VI Kantakouzenos emperor, triggering a civil war between his supporters and those of John V Palaiologos, the heir to the throne.

October 26th, 2015

A 7.5 magnitude earthquake strikes in the Hindu Kush mountain range in South Asia, killing 399 people and leaving 2,536 people injured.

October 26th, 2012

Microsoft made a public release of Windows 8 and made it available on new PCs.

October 26th, 2004

Rockstar Games releases Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas for the PlayStation 2 in North America, which sold 12 million units for the PS2, becoming the console's best-selling video game.

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

Born on October 26th, 1757

65

Karl Leonhard Reinhold

Austrian philosopher

*October 26th, 1757, Vienna †April 10th, 1823, Kiel

73

Heinrich Friedrich Karl vom und zum Stein

Prussian and German politician (1757-1831)

*October 26th, 1757, Nassau †June 29th, 1831, Cappenberg

67

Charles Pinckney

American politician (1757-1824)

*October 26th, 1757, Charleston †October 29th, 1824, Charleston

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34

Georges Danton

French revolutionary (1759–1794)

*October 26th, 1759, Arcis-sur-Aube †April 5th, 1794, Paris

76

Hillary Clinton

American politician and diplomat (born 1947)

*October 26th, 1947, Edgewater Hospital

70

Carl Koldewey

German explorer (1837-1908)

*October 26th, 1837, Bücken †May 17th, 1908, Hamburg

29

Melati Daeva Oktavianti

Indonesian badminton player

*October 26th, 1994, Serang City

60

Leon Trotsky

Russian Marxist revolutionary (1879–1940)

*October 26th, 1879, Bereslavka †August 21st, 1940, Coyoacán

90

Diana Ingro

Argentinian actress

*October 26th, 1926, Ramos Mejía †March 23rd, 2017, Buenos Aires

79

Tilo Prückner

German actor and author

*October 26th, 1940, Augsburg †July 2nd, 2020, Berlin

79

François Mitterrand

21st President of the French Republic from 1981 to 1995

*October 26th, 1916, Jarnac †January 8th, 1996, 7th arrondissement of Paris

50

Seth MacFarlane

American writer, actor, and producer (born 1973)

*October 26th, 1973, Kent

71

Bob Hoskins

English actor (1942–2014)

*October 26th, 1942, Bury St Edmunds †April 29th, 2014, Bury St Edmunds

64

Evo Morales

President of Bolivia from 2006 to 2019

*October 26th, 1959, Oruro

67

Rita Wilson

American actress, singer and producer

*October 26th, 1956, Hollywood

64

François Chau

Cambodian American actor

*October 26th, 1959, Phnom Penh

41

Nicola Adams

British boxer

*October 26th, 1982, Leeds

69

D. W. Moffett

American actor

*October 26th, 1954, Highland Park

71

Domenico Scarlatti

Italian composer, son of Alessandro Scarlatti

*October 26th, 1685, Naples †July 23rd, 1757, Madrid

52

Anthony Rapp

American actor

*October 26th, 1971, Chicago

36

Alexie Ribes

French actress

*October 26th, 1987, Paris

35

Greg Zuerlein

American ice dancer

*October 26th, 1988, Cincinnati

51

Hamdi Ulukaya

Kurdish-Turkish businessman

*October 26th, 1972, Erzincan

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89

Christophine Reinwald

German artist (1757–1847)

*September 4th, 1757, Marbach am Neckar †August 31st, 1847, Meiningen

64

Johann Matthäus Bechstein

German naturalist, forester, ornithologist, entomologist, and herpetologist (1757-1822)

*July 11th, 1757, Waltershausen †February 23rd, 1822, Dreißigacker

69

William Blake

English poet and artist (1757–1827)

*November 28th, 1757, London †August 12th, 1827, Charing Cross

47

Alexander Hamilton

American Founding Father and statesman (1755/1757–1804)

*January 11th, 1757, Charlestown †July 12th, 1804, New York City

97

Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton

American philanthropist and wife of Alexander Hamilton (1757–1854)

*August 9th, 1757, Albany †November 9th, 1854, Washington, D.C.

81

Benjamin Pierce

American politician (1757–1839)

*December 25th, 1757, Chelmsford †April 1st, 1839, Hillsborough County

79

Charles X of France

King of France from 1824 to 1830

*October 9th, 1757, Versailles †November 6th, 1836, Gorizia

76

Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette

French general and politician (1757–1834)

*September 6th, 1757, Chavaniac-Lafayette †May 20th, 1834, former 1st arrondissement of Paris

40

George Vancouver

18th-century English naval explorer

*June 22nd, 1757, King's Lynn †May 10th, 1798, Petersham

68

Jean-Jacques Lequeu

French architect

*September 14th, 1757, Rouen †March 28th, 1826, Paris

40

Jean-Baptiste Annibal Aubert du Bayet

French diplomat (1757-1797)

*August 19th, 1757, Baton Rouge †December 17th, 1797, Constantinople

86

Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth

Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, 1801 to 1804

*May 30th, 1757, London Borough of Camden †February 15th, 1844, White Lodge

69

Royall Tyler

American playwright and jurist

*June 18th, 1757, Boston †August 26th, 1826, Brattleboro

58

Pierre Augereau

General, Marshal of France (1757-1816)

*October 21st, 1757, Paris †June 12th, 1816, La Houssaye-en-Brie

64

Antonio Canova

Italian Neoclassical sculptor (1757–1822)

*November 1st, 1757, Possagno †October 13th, 1822, Venice

72

Wojciech Bogusławski

Polish actor, director, dramatist

*April 9th, 1757, Glinno, Poznań County †July 23rd, 1829, Warsaw

75

Edward Pellew, 1st Viscount Exmouth

Royal Navy admiral (1757-1833)

*April 19th, 1757, Dover †January 23rd, 1833, Teignmouth

78

Claus Schall

Danish musician (1757-1835)

*April 28th, 1757, Copenhagen †August 10th, 1835, Copenhagen

76

Alexis Boyer

French surgeon

*March 1st, 1757, Uzerche †November 23rd, 1833, Paris

87

Philippe Guerrier

President of Haiti (1757-1845)

*December 19th, 1757, Grande-Rivière-du-Nord †April 15th, 1845, Saint-Marc

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1757 is a normal year and no leap year.

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