May 26th, 1846

Born on May 26th, 1846

Age in days, weeks and months
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What 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.

May 26th, 1644

Portuguese Restoration War: Portuguese and Spanish forces both claimed victory at the Battle of Montijo.

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

62

Alexander Bernewitz

Latvian theologian (1856-1919)

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

64

Al Jolson

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

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

72

John Wayne

American actor (1907–1979)

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

81

Peggy Lee

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

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

50

Isadora cucan

American dancer and choreographer

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

73

Wolfgang Bochow

Badminton player

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

75

Rudolf Winderlich

German chemist (1876-1951)

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

84

Robert Morley

British actor (1908–1992)

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

94

Roy Dotrice

British actor (1923–2017)

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

89

Walter Rudersdorf

German teacher

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

60

Simon Armitage

British poet, playwright, and novelist

*May 26th, 1963, Huddersfield

65

Margaret Colin

American actress

*May 26th, 1958, Brooklyn

85

Horst Tappert

German actor (1923–2008)

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

57

Helena Bonham Carter

British actress (born 1966)

*May 26th, 1966, Islington

67

Mehdi El Glaoui

French-Moroccan actor and director

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

84

Henri Farman

French pilot, aviator and aircraft designer and manufacturer (1874-1958)

*May 26th, 1874, Paris †July 17th, 1958, Paris

74

Jeremy Corbyn

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

*May 26th, 1949, Chippenham

82

Felipe Agoncillo

Filipino politician (1859-1941)

*May 26th, 1859, Taal †September 29th, 1941, Manila

Same year
Born in 1846

70

Gaston Maspero

French Egyptologist (1846–1916)

*June 23rd, 1846, Paris †June 30th, 1916, Palais de l'Institut de France

70

Henryk Sienkiewicz

Polish writer, novelist, journalist, philanthropist and Nobel Prize laureate

*May 5th, 1846, Wola Okrzejska †November 15th, 1916, Vevey

61

Holger Drachmann

Poet and painter (1846-1908)

*October 9th, 1846, Copenhagen †January 14th, 1908, Hornbæk

80

Rudolf Christoph Eucken

(1846-1926) German philosopher

*January 5th, 1846, Aurich †September 15th, 1926, Jena

81

Léon Denis

Spiritist philosopher

*January 1st, 1846, Foug †April 12th, 1927, Tours

70

Francesco Paolo Tosti

Italian, later British composer and music teacher (1846–1916)

*April 9th, 1846, Ortona †December 2nd, 1916, Rome

75

Luigi Denza

Italian composer

*February 23rd, 1846, Castellammare di Stabia †January 26th, 1922, London

88

Auguste Escoffier

French chef and culinary writer (1846–1935)

*October 28th, 1846, Villeneuve-Loubet †February 12th, 1935, Monte Carlo

3

Edward Baker Lincoln

Second son of Mr. and Mrs. Lincoln

*March 10th, 1846, Springfield †February 1st, 1850, Washington, D.C.

70

Buffalo Bill

American frontiersman and showman (1846–1917)

*February 26th, 1846, Scott County †January 10th, 1917, Denver

72

Henryk Jarecki

Polish conductor, composer and music educator (1846-1918)

*December 6th, 1846, Warsaw †December 18th, 1918, Lviv

67

George Westinghouse

American inventor and businessman (1846–1914)

*October 6th, 1846, Central Bridge †March 12th, 1914, New York City

78

G. Stanley Hall

American psychologist and educator (1846–1924)

*February 1st, 1846, Ashfield †April 24th, 1924, Worcester

24

Comte de Lautréamont

Uruguayan born French poet, Isidore Ducasse (1846-1870)

*April 4th, 1846, Montevideo †November 24th, 1870, 9th arrondissement of Paris

72

Edward Charles Pickering

American astronomer

*July 19th, 1846, Boston †February 3rd, 1919, Cambridge

58

Wilson Barrett

British actor (1846-1904)

*February 18th, 1846, Essex †September 22nd, 1904, London

54

Naim Frashëri

Albanian poet, writer and activist (1846–1900)

*May 25th, 1846, Frashër †October 20th, 1900, Istanbul

74

Peter Carl Fabergé

Russian jeweller (1846–1920)

*May 30th, 1846, Saint Petersburg †September 24th, 1920, Pully

57

Pierre Waldeck-Rousseau

Prime Minister of France (1846-1904)

*December 2nd, 1846, Nantes †August 10th, 1904, Corbeil-Essonnes

71

Léon Bloy

French writer, poet and essayist

*July 11th, 1846, Périgueux †November 3rd, 1917, Bourg-la-Reine

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1846 is a normal year and no leap year.

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