July 26th, 1809

Born on July 26th, 1809

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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

Born on July 26th, 1809

73

Friedrich August Reissiger

Norwegian composer, conductor and musicologist

*July 26th, 1809, Bad Belzig †March 2nd, 1883, Halden Municipality

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Who's birthday is on July 26th?

94

George Bernard Shaw

Irish playwright, critic, and polemicist (1856–1950)

*July 26th, 1856, Dublin †November 2nd, 1950, Ayot St Lawrence

70

Felix Magath

German association football player and manager

*July 26th, 1953, Aschaffenburg

81

Alfred Marshall

British economist

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

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

43

Jacinda Ardern

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*July 26th, 1980, Hamilton

83

Auguste Beernaert

Belgian prime minister and human rights activist (1829-1912)

*July 26th, 1829, Ostend †October 6th, 1912, Lucerne

21

Rui Hirokami

Badminton player

*July 26th, 2002, Takaoka

59

Sandra Bullock

American-German actress and producer

*July 26th, 1964, Arlington County

48

Liz Truss

Prime Minister of the United Kingdom in 2022

*July 26th, 1975, Oxford

69

Aldous Huxley

English writer and philosopher (1894–1963)

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

82

Francesco Cossiga

8th President of Italy (1928-2010)

*July 26th, 1928, Sassari †August 17th, 2010, Rome

94

Stefan Drzewiecki

Polish inventor and engineer

*July 26th, 1843, Kunka †April 23rd, 1938, Paris

70

Stanley Kubrick

American filmmaker (1928–1999)

*July 26th, 1928, The Bronx †March 7th, 1999, Harpenden

64

Kevin Spacey

American actor (1959-)

*July 26th, 1959, South Orange

56

Jason Statham

English actor (born 1967)

*July 26th, 1967, Shirebrook

80

Mick Jagger

British singer and songwriter; vocalist of The Rolling Stones

*July 26th, 1943, Dartford

85

Carl Jung

Swiss psychiatrist and psychotherapist (1875–1961)

*July 26th, 1875, Kesswil †June 6th, 1961, Küsnacht

80

Ferdinand Tönnies

German sociologist, economist and philosopher (1855–1936)

*July 26th, 1855, Oldenswort †April 9th, 1936, Kiel

Same year
Born in 1809

56

Abraham Lincoln

President of the United States from 1861 to 1865 (American, 1809-1865)

*February 12th, 1809, Hodgenville †April 15th, 1865, Washington, D.C.

73

Charles Darwin

English naturalist and biologist (1809–1882)

*February 12th, 1809, The Mount †April 19th, 1882, Down House

40

Edgar Allan Poe

American writer and literary critic (1809–1849)

*January 19th, 1809, Boston †October 7th, 1849, Baltimore

38

Felix Mendelssohn

German composer, pianist, organist and conductor of Jewish descent

*February 3rd, 1809, Hamburg †November 4th, 1847, Leipzig

42

Nikolai Gogol

Russian writer of Ukrainian origin (1809–1852)

*March 19th, 1809, Velyki Sorochyntsi †February 21st, 1852, Moscow

88

William Ewart Gladstone

British Liberal prime minister (1809–1898)

*December 29th, 1809, Liverpool †May 19th, 1898, Hawarden Castle

56

Pierre-Joseph Proudhon

French politician, philosopher, anarchist and socialist (1809–1865)

*January 15th, 1809, Besançon †January 19th, 1865, Passy

86

Luigi Federico Menabrea

Italian politician, scientist, and general (1809–1896)

*September 4th, 1809, Chambéry †May 25th, 1896, Saint-Cassin

83

Alfred Tennyson

British Poet Laureate (1809–1892)

*August 6th, 1809, Somersby †October 6th, 1892, Aldworth

43

Louis Braille

Inventor of braille, a system of reading and writing used by people who are blind or visually impaired (1809-1852)

*January 4th, 1809, Coupvray †January 6th, 1852, Paris

73

Joseph Liouville

French mathematician and engineer (1809–1882)

*March 24th, 1809, Saint-Omer †September 8th, 1882, rue de Savoie

81

Hannibal Hamlin

Vice president of the United States from 1861 to 1865

*August 27th, 1809, Paris †July 4th, 1891, Bangor

84

Karl Bodmer

Swiss-French artist

*February 11th, 1809, Zürich †October 30th, 1893, Paris

27

Mariano José de Larra

Spanish romantic writer (1809-1837)

*March 24th, 1809, Madrid †February 13th, 1837, Madrid

85

Oliver Wendell Holmes

American poet and physician (1809–1894)

*August 29th, 1809, Cambridge †October 7th, 1894, Boston

61

Louis Charles Delescluze

French revolutionary leader, journalist, and military commander of the Paris Commune

*October 2nd, 1809, Dreux †May 25th, 1871, Paris

71

Bettino Ricasoli

Italian politician (1809–1880)

*March 9th, 1809, Florence †October 23rd, 1880, Castello di Brolio

75

Timothy Shay Arthur

American novelist, short story writer and publisher

*June 6th, 1809, Newburgh †March 6th, 1885, Philadelphia

70

Jules Favre

French politician and lawyer (1809-1880)

*March 21st, 1809, Lyon †January 19th, 1880, Versailles

60

Armand Barbes

French Republican revolutionary (1809-1870)

*September 18th, 1809, Pointe-à-Pitre †June 26th, 1870, The Hague

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1809 is a normal year and no leap year.

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