May 26th, 1821

Born on May 26th, 1821

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 74,000 days old!

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What happened on May 26th?

May 26th, 1868

The impeachment trial of Andrew Johnson adjourned after the second and third articles of impeachment did not obtain enough votes from the U.S. Senate to convict.

May 26th, 2025

A car rammed into a crowd on Water Street, Liverpool, injuring 65 people.

May 26th, 2020

Protests following the murder of George Floyd erupted in Minneapolis–Saint Paul before spreading across the United States and internationally.

May 26th, 2002

Barges being towed destroyed part of a bridge (aftermath pictured) 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 final 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 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 Emanuel Lasker defeated Wilhelm Steinitz to become the 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.

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

Same year
Born in 1821

59

Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Russian novelist (1821–1881)

*November 11th, 1821, Mariinsky Hospital for the Poor †January 28th, 1881, Saint Petersburg

73

Hermann von Helmholtz

German physicist and physiologist (1821-1894)

*August 31st, 1821, Potsdam †September 8th, 1894, Charlottenburg

74

Philipp Ludwig von Seidel

German mathematician

*October 24th, 1821, Zweibrücken †August 13th, 1896, Munich

79

Theodor Löbbecke

German pharmacist and malacologist

*March 4th, 1821, Hückeswagen †January 18th, 1901, Düsseldorf

46

Charles Baudelaire

French poet and critic (1821–1867)

*April 9th, 1821, former 11th arrondissement of Paris †August 31st, 1867, Paris

89

Mary Baker Eddy

American founder of Christian Science (1821–1910)

*July 16th, 1821, Bow †December 3rd, 1910, Chestnut Hill

87

Henriëtte Ronner-Knip

Dutch-Belgian painter (1821-1909)

*May 31st, 1821, Amsterdam †February 28th, 1909, Ixelles - Elsene

75

William Jervois

British Army general

*September 10th, 1821, Cowes †August 17th, 1897, Hampshire

55

Alfred Bruyas

French art collector and amateur painter from Montpellier (1821-1877)

*August 15th, 1821, Montpellier †January 1st, 1877, Montpellier

83

Cesare Bonelli

Italian politician (1821-1904)

*January 3rd, 1821, Turin †October 1st, 1904, Orvieto

72

John Abbott

3rd Prime Minister of Canada (1821-1893)

*March 12th, 1821, Saint-André-Est †October 30th, 1893, Montreal

54

John C. Breckinridge

Vice president of the United States from 1857 to 1861

*January 16th, 1821, Lexington †May 17th, 1875, Lexington

56

Nikolay Nekrasov

Russian poet, writer, critic, editor and publisher

*November 28th, 1821, Nemyriv †January 8th, 1878, Saint Petersburg

69

Richard Francis Burton

British explorer, geographer, translator, writer, soldier, orientalist, cartographer, ethnologist, spy, linguist, poet, fencer, and diplomat (1821–1890)

*March 19th, 1821, Torquay †October 20th, 1890, Trieste

80

Rudolf Virchow

German doctor, anthropologist, public health activist, pathologist, prehistorian, biologist and politician (1821-1902)

*October 13th, 1821, Świdwin †September 5th, 1902, Berlin

89

Elizabeth Blackwell

American physician, abolitionist, women's rights activist (1821-1910)

*February 3rd, 1821, Bristol †May 31st, 1910, Hastings

73

Arthur Cayley

English mathematician (1821-1896)

*August 16th, 1821, Richmond †January 26th, 1895, Cambridge

73

Pafnuty Chebyshev

Russian mathematician (1821–1894)

*May 4th, 1821, Akatovo †November 26th, 1894, Saint Petersburg

59

Auguste Mariette

French archaeologist and egyptologist (1821–1881)

*February 11th, 1821, Boulogne-sur-Mer †January 19th, 1881, Cairo

84

Bartolomé Mitre

President of Argentina (1821-1906)

*June 26th, 1821, Buenos Aires †January 19th, 1906, Buenos Aires

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1821 is a normal year and no leap year.

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