|
Reference Find out which famous people share the same birthday as you |
|
|||||||
|
August 26th August 26th is the 238th day of the year (239th day in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 127 days remaining until the end of the year. On this page, we have placed information about August 26th, including famous people born on, historical events that occurred on, holidays and observances that fall on, and astrological connections of, this day. Famous People born on August 26th 1676 Sir Robert Walpole (British Prime Minister) 1740 Joseph-Michel Montgolfier (inventor of hot air balloon) 1743 Antoine Lavoisier (scientist)  1901 Maxwell D. Taylor (US General, diplomat) 1910 Mother Teresa (humanitarian)  1922 Irving R. Levine (journalist) 1935 Geraldine Ferraro (US politician) 1938 Jet Black (drummer - The Stranglers) 1966 Shirley Manson (singer - Garbage) 1967 Michael Gove (British politician) 1971 Thalia (singer, actress) 1980 Macaulay Culkin (actor) 1980 Chris Pine (actor) August 26th in History 55 BC Julius Caesar invades Britain.  1071 Seljuk Turks defeat the Byzantine Empire at the Battle of Manzikert. 1346 English defeat the French at the Battle of Creècy. 1768 Captain James Cook sets sail from England on HMS Endeavour. 1791 John Fitch granted a New Jersey grants the first railroad charter in the US patent for the steamboat. 1883 Eruption of Krakatoa. 1919 Nineteenth amendent to US Constitution grants women the right to vote. 1940 Chad is the first French colony to declare for the Free French. 1944 Charles de Gaulle enters Paris. 1978 John Paul I elected Pope.  August 26th is also Heroes' Day (Namibia) Sultan's Birthday (Zanzibar) Astrology People born on August 26th are Virgo  Virgo Information: Virgo Links:
Disclaimer: Birth dates and other information are thought to be correct, but there is a possibility that some entries may contain inadvert errors. If you spot such an error, please contact us. Sorry, we can not accept suggestions for additional entries at this time, due to the huge backlog of suggestions we have already received.
|
| Contact Us About/Terms of Use Privacy Advertising/Endorsements Disclosures †Disclosure: Advertising Link(s): Our company may receive a payment if you purchase a product/service after following this link. Disclosure: Our company's websites' content (including this website's content) includes advertisements for our own company's websites, products, and services, and for other organization's websites, products, and services. In the case of links to other organization's websites, our company may receive a payment, (1) if you purchase products or services, or (2) if you sign-up for third party offers, after following links from this website. Unless specifically otherwise stated, information about other organization's products and services, is based on information provided by that organization, the product/service vendor, and/or publicly available information - and should not be taken to mean that we have used the product/service in question. Additionally, our company's websites contain some adverts which we are paid to display, but whose content is not selected by us, such as Google AdSense ads. For more detailed information, please see Advertising/Endorsements Disclosures Our sites use cookies, some of which may already be set on your computer. Use of our site constitutes consent for this. For details, please see Privacy. Click privacy for information about our company's privacy, data collection and data retention policies, and your rights. Copyright © 2000-2023, Answers 2000 Limited CERTAIN CONTENT THAT APPEARS ON THIS SITE COMES FROM AMAZON SERVICES LLC. THIS CONTENT IS PROVIDED 'AS IS' AND IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE OR REMOVAL AT ANY TIME. In Association With Amazon.com Answers 2000 Limited is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com. In Association With Amazon.co.uk 
Answers 2000 Limited is a participant in the Amazon EU Associates Programme, an affiliate advertising programme designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.co.uk. As an Amazon Associate, our company earns from qualifying purchases. Amazon, the Amazon logo, Endless, and the Endless logo are trademarks of Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. |
|