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    This Is HISTORY | Birthdays

    Dec 26 1194

    Frederick II Holy Roman Emperor King of the Romans (Germany) Sicily and Jerusalem born in Lesi Italy

    Dec 26 1532

    Guilielmus Xylander German classical scholar (d. 1576)

    Dec 26 1646

    Robert Bolling English settler in Virginia (d. 1709)

    Dec 26 1660

    Peter Schenck GermanNeth engraverpublisher baptised

    Dec 26 1687

    Johann Georg Pisendel German violinistcomposer

    Dec 26 1716

    Thomas Gray English poet (Elegy Written in a Country Church Yard)

    Dec 26 1716

    Jean Franois de Saint-Lambert French poet (d. 1803)

    Dec 26 1723

    Friedrich Melchior baron von Grimm German writer (d. 1807)

    Dec 26 1731

    Anthony Ziesenis architectsculptor (Town Hall of Westzaan)

    Dec 26 1737

    Prince Josias of Coburg Austrian general (d. 1815)

    Dec 26 1738

    Thomas Nelson merchant signer of Declaration of Independence

    Dec 26 1751

    Clement Hofbauer Austrian missionary and saint (d. 1820)

    Dec 26 1770

    Pierre earl de Cambronne French general (Waterloo Elba)

    Dec 26 1771

    Heinrich J von Collin Austria dramatistpoet (Regulus)

    Dec 26 1771

    Julie Clary queen consort of Naples (d. 1845)

    Dec 26 1780

    Mary Fairfax Somerville British mathematician (d. 1872)

    Dec 26 1782

    Filaret Drozdov Metropolitan of Moscow (d. 1867)

    Dec 26 1809

    William Nelson Pendleton American Brigadier-General (Confederate Army) born in Richmond Virginia (d. 1883)

    Dec 26 1815

    Israel Bush Richardson American Major General (Union Army) born in Fairfax Vermont (d. 1862)

    Dec 26 1819

    E. D. E. N. Southworth American novelist (d. 1899)

    Dec 26 1820

    Gustavus Adolphus Smith American Brigadier General (Union Army) born in Philadelphia County Pennsylvania(d. 1885)

    Dec 26 1822

    Dion Boucicault [Dionysus Lardner Boursiquot] Irish actor and playwright (Rip van Winkle London Assurance) born in Dublin Ireland (d. 1890)

    Dec 26 1824

    Augustus Louis Chetlain American Major General (Union Army) born in St. Louis Missouri (d. 1914)

    Dec 26 1826

    Martinus Nijhoff Dutch publisher (Van Dale) and founder (Martinus Nijhoff Publishers) born in Arnhem Netherlands (d. 1894)

    Dec 26 1837

    Morgan Bulkeley American politician and baseball commissioner (d. 1922)

    Dec 26 1849

    Samuel Sam van Beem Flemish actor (Fanfan la Tulipe) born in Groningen Netherlands (d. 1912)

    Dec 26 1855

    Arnold Mendelssohn German composer born in Ratibor Province of Silesia (d. 1933)

    Dec 26 1859

    William Stephens U.S. political figure (d. 1944)

    Dec 26 1861

    Friedrich Engel German mathematician (group theory)

    Dec 26 1862

    Alexander Amfiteatrov Russian-French-Italian writer born in Kaluga Russia (d. 1923)

    Dec 26 1869

    Harry Redman American composer writer and artist born in Illinois (d. 1958)

    Dec 26 1872

    Norman Angell British politiciancowboyjournalist Nobel laureate (1933) (d. 1967)

    Dec 26 1873

    Hubert Cuypers Dutch composerchoir conductor (Minstrels)

    HISTORICAL EVENTS | ON THIS DAY

    Dec 26 1198 French bishop Odo van Sully condemns Zottenfeest

    Dec 26 1568 Uprising of Moriscos against suppression in Granada

    Dec 26 1748 France & Austria sign treaty about Southern Netherlands

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