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2008 Albert Hofmann, dies in Switzerland, of natural causes, at 102

2007 Albert Ellis, American psychologist, dies of heart failure at 93

2001 Albert Hague, composer, How the Grinch Stole Christmas, dies at 81

2000 Carl Albert, politician, Speaker of the House from 1971-1977, dies at 91

1997 Albert Belle's Chicago White Sox tying 27-game hitting streak ends

1997 Marv Albert pleads innocent to charges of sexually assault

1996 Albert Belle, signs record five-year, $55 million with White Sox

1996 Edward Albert Radice, economist, dies at 89

1996 Albert Hughes Williams, teacher/historian, dies at 89

1996 Albert Belle uses a forearm to break up a double play and nearly breaks Brewer 2nd baseman Fernando Vina's nose, Belle gets 2 game suspension

1996 Albert "Pud" Brown, clarinetist/saxophonist, dies at 79

1996 Albert Meltzer, anarchist, dies at 76

1996 Albert Belle shows off his arm by hitting Sports Illustrated photographer Tony Tomsic in the hand prior to a game

1995 Cleveland Indian Albert Belle hits his 50th home run of season

1995 Albert Goodwin, historian, dies at 89

1995 Albert Hardy, photographer, dies at 82

1995 Albert Drach, writer, dies

1995 Albert Maurice Hackett, playwright/screenwriter, dies at 95

1994 Albert de Courtray, French archbishop of Lyon/cardinal, dies at 71

1994 Albert Goldman, U.S. biographer (Lives of John Lennon), dies at 66

1993 King Albert II of Belgium, crowned

1993 Albert Sabin, physician (oral polio vaccine), dies at 86

1992 Stephen Albert, composer, Pulitzer Prize winner 1985, for symphony 'RiverRun', won Grammy Award 1995 for 'Cello Concerto', killed in an automobile accident in Cape Cod, Massachusetts

1992 Albert King, U.S. blues singer/guitarist (Crosscut Saw), dies at 71

1992 Albert Pierrepont, last British executioner (433 men/17 women), dies

1991 Albert Belle is shipped to minors for not running out a ground ball

1990 Albert Salmi, (Caddyshack), kills terminally ill wife and self at 62

1987 Albert P. Morano, Representative-R-Connecticut, 1951 - 1959, dies at 79

1987 Karel Albert, Flemish composer (Marieken van Nymeghen), dies at 86

1986 Lester Albert Trimble, composer, dies at 63

1986 Albert Szent-Gyorgyi, bio-chemist (Vitamin C, Nobel 1937), dies at 93

1986 Albert Szent-Gyorgi, Hungarian Scientist

1985 Albert Moeschinger, composer, dies at 88

1985 Albert Dondeyne, Belgian philosopher/theologist, dies at 83

1984 Henry Charles Albert David, Prince of Wales, 3rd in British succession

1983 18/10? Albert "Carel" Willink, painter: magic(al)-realism, dies at 83

1983 Albert Carel Willink, painter (surrealism), dies at 83

1983 19/10? Albert "Carel" Willink, painter: magic(al)-realism, dies at 83

1983 Everly Brothers reunite after 10 years (Royal Albert Hall)

1983 Albert Rizzo trod water at sea for 108 hours 9 minutes

1983 Albert Claude, Belgian biologist (Nobel 1974), dies at 84

1982 Albert Soboult, French historian, dies at 68

1982 Ab [Albert] Visser, poet and writer (Kain sloeg Abel), dies

1982 Albert TLCA Bird, lecture artist, dies

1982 Albert Weisser, composer, dies at 64

1981 Albert Speer, German NSDAP-architect/minister of Army at 76

1977 Albert Innaurato's "Gemini," premieres in New York City

1975 Albert Fields, born in Gary, Indiana, rocker, Party-Rodeo, That's Why

1974 Albert Connell, wide receiver for the Washington Redskins

1973 Albert DiSalvo, Boston strangler, stabbed in prison

1973 Albert Egges van Giffen, Dutch archaeologist, dies at 89

1972 Jeff Nelson, Prince Albert, NHL center for the Washington Capitals

1971 Albertus W. "Albert" van Dalsum, actor and director (King Lear), dies at 82

1971 Royal Albert Hall opens

1971 Royal Albert Hall bans scheduled concert featuring Frank Zappa

1971 Brenda Lee Armstrong, Albert Lea, Minnesota, Miss Minn-America 1991

1970 Albert Louis Wolff, composer, dies at 86

1970 Albert Wolff, Dutch Musician

1970 Joni Mitchell's final concert at Royal Albert Hall

1970 Albert Mahll, German writer, dies at 76

1969 Creams' final concert (Royal Albert Hall)

1968 Albert Dekker, dies of accidental suffocation at 62

1967 Albert J Luthuli, president South Africa (ANC), dies

1967 Dave Manson, Prince Albert, NHL defenseman, Winnipeg Jets

1967 Albert Remy, actor (Blows), dies at 55

1967 Albert DeSalvo (Boston Strangler) sentenced to life in prison

1967 Albert Conti, actor (Eagle, Jazz Heaven, Topaz), dies at 79

1967 Albert Szirmai, composer, dies at 86

1966 Albert P A A Besnard, poet/journalist (Doom and Thirst), dies

1966 Albert Belle, born in Shreveport, Louisiana, outfielder, Indians, White Sox

1966 Albert Giacometti, Swiss/French painter/sculptor, dies at 64

1965 Albert Schweitzer, German/French missionary (Nobel 1954), dies at 90

1965 Alan Bunce, actor (Albert-Ethel and Albert), dies at 61

1964 Albert Hay Malotte, composer, dies at 69

1964 Albert Saverys, Flemish painter, dies at 77

1963 Albert Plesman, aviation pioneer, dies

1963 Laurens BBM, Belgian prince/son of Albert II and Paola

1962 Albert P Sarraut, Indo-China premier (1933, 36), dies at 90

1962 Astrid, Belgian princess/daughter of Albert II

1962 Albert Israel Elkus, composer, dies at 77

1961 Producers Albert Broccoli and Harry Saltzman announce expensive publicity campaign to make Sean Connery (James Bond) a star

1961 Albert Lawrence, Jamaica, 4X100m relayer 1984 Olympics silver

1960 Albert Lewis, NFL cornerback for the Oakland Raiders

1960 Albert McDonald, Dartmouth NS, U.S. canoe alternate for 1996 Olympics

1960 Prince Andrew, Albert Christian Edward, of Britain/Duke of York

1960 Albert Camus, French author (Stranger), dies in an auto accident at 46

1959 Albert King, actor, BB King and Friends, Blues Alive

1959 Albert William Ketelby, composer, dies at 84

1959 Prince Albert marries Princess Paola in Brussels

1958 Albert Alexandre Louis Pierre, Prince of Monaco

1958 Albert Alexandre Louis Pierre, Prince of Monaco/bobsledder 1988 Olympics

1958 Albert Kuyle, Lou Kuitenbrouwer, writer (Jesus' Carpet), dies at 54

1957 Umberto "Albert" Anastasia, U.S. gangster (Murder Inc), dies at 55

1957 French author Albert Camus awarded Nobel Prize in Literature

1957 Albert Ascoli, Italian developed anti-tuberculosis vaccine, dies

1957 Albert Edward Sammons, composer, dies at 71

1956 Dr. Albert Sabin discovers oral polio vaccine

1956 Albert Woolson, last veteran U.S. Union army, dies at 109

1956 Albert H Edelkoort, theologist (Christusverwachting), dies at 65

1956 Pulitzer prize awarded to Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett

1956 Albert MLA de Bassompierre, Belgium ambassador to Tokyo, dies at 82

1955 Albert Einstein, German U.S. physicist, dies

1954 Albert Schweitzer receives Nobel Peace Prize

1954 Cornerstone of Albert Einstein College of Medicine, laid in Bronx

1953 Albert Plesman, Dutch aviation pioneer/founder (KLM), dies at 64

1953 Dr. Albert Schweitzer and General George C Marshall win Nobel Peace Prize

1953 Albert W. Dent, elected president of National Health Council

1953 Donald Albert Weibring, Jr., Quincy, Illinois, PGA golfer, 1979 Quad Cities

1953 Albert Spalding, composer, dies at 64

1952 Albert van Raalte, conductor, Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, dies at 62

1952 Albert Basserman, actor (Madame Curie, Rhapsody in Blue), dies at 84

1952 Norm Jarvis, Prince Albert Sask, golfer, 1984 Chilliwack

1951 Tim Penny, born in Albert Lea, Minnesota, Representative-D-Minnesota 1983 - 1985

1951 Albert R. Wynn, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Representative-D-Maryland 1993 - 2008

1951 Albert Wynn, American Politician

1951 Edward Albert, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, Jeff-Falcon Crest, Butterflies are Free

1950 Albert Riemenschneider, composer, dies at 71

1950 Albert Ehrenstein, Austria writer (Strum), dies at 63

1950 Albert Einstein warns against hydrogen bomb

1949 Albert Camus' "Les Justes" premieres in Paris

1949 Albert West, Dutch singer, Dumb Willie

1949 Albert Sacco, Jr., born in Boston, Massachusetts, PhD/astronaut, STS-73

1949 Patrick Deuchar, CEO, Albert Hall

1948 Albert Camus' "L'etat de Siege," premieres in Paris

1948 Albert F Pollard, British historian (Evolution of parliament), dies at 78

1948 Albert Innaurato, Philadelphia, playwright/director, Age in Soho

1947 Albert Brooks, born in Los Angeles, California, comedian, Broadcast News, Lost in America

1947 Albert JM Bakker, Dutch actor (Teun the night watch), dies at 82

1946 Albert Padmore, cricketer, WI off-spinner mid-70s

1945 Albert J. Nock, American Philosopher

1945 Albert B "Happy" Chandler is named 2nd baseball commissioner

1944 Albert Hammond, born in London, England, rocker, musician, songwriter, producer, collaborated with Mike Hazelwood on The Air That I Breathe for the Hollies, wrote hits for Tina Turner

1943 Albert Lee, born in Leominster, Herefordshire, Grammy-award winning English guitarist, musical director, celebrated finger-style and hybrid picking technique, played with the Crickets

1943 Marv Albert, New York City, "Yes!" sportscaster, NBC-TV, back biter

1943 Albert Stoessel, composer, dies at 48

1943 William Albert Penn, composer

1942 Albert Siklos, composer, dies at 63

1941 Albert J Evenhuis, Dutch undersecretary of Economic, VVD

1941 Stephen Albert, born in New York City, New York, composer, Pulitzer Prize winner 1985, for symphony 'RiverRun', won Grammy Award 1995 for 'Cello Concerto'

1940 Frederick Albert Cook, American Explorer

1940 Herbert Albert Laurens Fisher, historian, dies

1940 Albert Johanneson, soccer star

1939 Albert Einstein informs Franklin D. Roosevelt of possibilities of atomic bomb

1939 Albert Lebrun elected president of France

1939 Albert Fish, mass murderer, executed

1938 Beverly F. Albert, architect

1938 Albert Huybrechts, composer, dies at 39

1937 Albert Hall, Boothton Alabama, actor, Trouble in Mind, Ryan's 4

1937 Albert Charles Paul Marie Roussel, composer, dies at 68

1937 Albert Verwey, Dutch poet/literature historian (Motion), dies at 71

1936 Claude Albert Coppens, composer

1936 Albert Finney, Salford UK, actor, Dresser, Under the Volcano

1936 John Albert, professor, Master of University College Oxford

1935 Albert Kessel, 1st to die in California gas chamber

1935 Roy Strong, writer/art historian/director, Victoria and Albert Museum

1935 Albert Bustamante, born in Asherton, Texas, Representative-D-Texas 1985 - 1993

1934 Albert Funke Kuppes, political cartoonist, dies

1934 Albert W. Hall, actor, Apocalypse Now

1934 Albert II FHTCEM, king of Belgium, 1993-

1934 King Albert II, Belgian Royalty

1934 Albert I LCMM von Saksen-Coburg, king of Belgium (1909-34), dies at 58

1933 Albert Einstein arrives in U.S., a refugee from Nazi Germany

1933 Albert Ross Parsons, composer, dies at 85

1933 Albert Gyorgy Earl Apponyi, Hungarian minister of Education, dies at 86

1932 German physicist Albert Einstein granted a visa

1932 Albert Reynolds, Irish Politician

1932 Senate chairman Albert Lebrun becomes president of France

1932 Albert Thomas, French socialist politician

1932 Albert Thomas, French social minister of Weapon production, dies

1932 Eugene Francis Charles D'albert, composer, dies at 67

1931 Albert Lonergan scores 137 SA vs. Qld at Adelaide before 5,697

1930 Building begins on Albert Canal in Belgium

1929 Albert Paulsen, Guayaquil Ecuador, actor, Doctors' Hospital

1929 Former Interior Sec Albert Fall convicted of accepting $100,000 bribe

1929 Albert Anselmi, U.S. gangster, murdered by Al Capone

1929 Albert H. Crews, astronaut

1929 Freiherr Albert von Schrenk-Notzing, Germany para-psychologist, dies at 66

1929 Albert Steinruck, German actor (Golem), dies at 56

1928 Marion Ross, Albert Lea, Minnesota, actress, Marion-Happy Days, Brooklyn Bridge

1928 Albert Shanker, American labor leader, American Federation of Teachers

1928 Albert Booth, British government minister

1928 Albert Salmi, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, Daniel Boone, 79 Park Avenue

1928 Albert Herbert Brewer, composer, dies at 62

1926 Jon[athan Stewart] Vickers, Prince Albert, Canada, tenor

1926 58th Belmont: Albert Johnson aboard Crusader wins in 2:32.2

1926 52nd Kentucky Derby: Albert Johnson on Bubbling Over wins in 2:03.8

1925 Albert Bandura, Canadian Psychologist

1925 Albert Michelsen runs world record marathon (2:19:01.8)

1925 57th Belmont: Albert Johnson aboard American Flag wins in 2:16.8

1924 Albert TLCA Vogel, Dutch elocutionist

1923 Lester Albert Trimble, composer

1923 Albert Einstein speaks on pacifism in Berlin

1923 English prince Albert (George VI) marries lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon

1923 Albert King, born in Mississippi, blues singer/guitarist, Bad Look Blues

1922 Nobel awarded to Fridtjof Nansen, Niels Bohr and Albert Einstein

1922 Albert von Tilzer and Neville Fleesons musical premieres in New York City

1922 Albert H K, monarch of Monaco (1889-1922), dies at 73

1922 Albert Baertsoen, Flemish painter/etcher, dies at 56

1922 48th Kentucky Derby: Albert Johnson aboard Morvich wins in 2:04.6

1921 Albert Einstein lectures in New York City on his new theory of relativity

1921 Albert Einstein lectures in New York on his new theory of relativity

1921 Joseph Albert Walker, Washington D.C., test pilot, X-15

1921 Albert Sloman, Vice-Chancellor, Essex U

1920 Albert Roelofs, Dutch painter/etcher, dies at 43

1920 Gerard Leman, Belgian general, war hero, provided King Albert I of Belgium with his military education, commander of the forts surrounding Liege in World War One, captured as a prisoner of War by the Germans and released at the end of the War, dies

1920 Albert Hague, Berlin Germany, actor, Mr Shorofsky-Fame

1920 Albert Meltzer, anarchist

1919 Joseph Albert Wapner, Louisiana, judge, People's Court

1918 King Albert I's triumphant procession through Brussels

1918 Albert P Hahn, Dutch political cartoonist (Het Volk), dies at 41

1918 Albert Weisser, composer

1917 Albert de Klerk, Dutch composer and conductor

1917 Robert [Albert] Bloch, U.S., sci-fi author, Hugo, Psycho

1917 Albert "Pud" Brown, clarinetist/saxophonist

1915 Albert Einstein publishes the General Theory of Relativity

1915 Journalist Albert Siegfried Bettelheim, convicted of murder in Georgia

1915 Albert Weisgerber, German painter/graphic artist, dies in battle

1915 Bert [Albert L F] Peleman, Dirk Dyckmans, Flemish writer

1915 Albert J-BJ Thijs, Belgian Colonial pioneer (Congo), dies at 65

1914 Albert Markos, composer

1914 French government awards king Albert of Belgium the Great Cross

1914 King Albert I becomes supreme commander of Belgian army

1914 Albert Soboult, French historian

1914 U.S. Senator Albert Fall (Teapot Dome) demands "Cubanisation of Mexico"

1914 Albert Westerlinck, Jose J M Aerts, Flemish literary

1914 J Albert Neuhuys, Dutch painter (Hague School), dies at 69

1913 Albert Camus, Algeria, novelist/director, The Just-Nobel 1957

1913 Albert Ellis, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, American psychologist, developed Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy

1913 Albert Hardy, photographer

1913 Ab [Albert] Visser, Dutch poet and writer, Man Without a Head

1912 Albert Berry made the 1st parachute jump from an airplane

1912 Captain Albert Berry performs 1st parachute jump from an airplane

1912 Albert Berry makes 1st parachute jump from an airplane

1911 Albert Alberts, writer/journalist, French battle

1911 Albert Cleage, famous African

1911 Albert Remy, born in Sevres, France, actor, Grand Prix, Gigot, Train

1911 Albert von Rothschild, baron/Austrian banker, dies at 66

1910 Albert Vandal, French earl/historian (Napoleon), dies at 57

1910 Sylvia Fisher, soprano, Albert Herring Opera

1910 Albert Heinrich Zabel, composer, dies at 75

1910 Albert Fuchs, composer, dies at 51

1909 Albert becomes king of Belgians

1909 Albert Roberts, cricketer, New Zealand pace bowler in 5 Tests 1932-37

1909 Victoria and Albert Museum opens in London

1909 Albert Raines runs world record marathon (2:46:04.6)

1908 Albert Dietrich, composer, dies at 79

1908 Albert Einstein presents quantum theory of light

1908 Carl Albert, D, speaker of the House

1908 Eddie Albert, born in Rock Island, Illinois, actor, Oliver-Green Acres

1908 Carl Albert, U.S. speaker of house, 1971-77

1908 Albert P. Morano, born in Paterson, New Jersey, Representative-R-Connecticut, 1951 - 1959

1907 Albert Rice Leventhal, publisher, Little Golden Books

1907 Sunnyland Albert Luandrew Slim, blues pianist

1907 Albert Trott takes two hat-tricks in an innings, Mddx vs. Somerset

1907 John Albert Delany, composer, dies at 54

1907 Albert Hughes Williams, teacher and historian

1907 Edward Albert Radice, economist

1906 Albert Reville, French theologist (Jesus of Nazareth), dies at 79

1906 Albert B Sabin, Russia, U.S. microbiologist, oral polio vaccine

1906 Albert Goodwin, historian

1906 Albert Hofmann, born in Baden, Switzerland, scientist, first to synthesize, examine, study, the psychedelic effects of LSD

1905 Albert Cuypstrat street market in Amsterdam inaugurated

1905 Carl Albert Loeschhorn, composer, dies at 85

1905 Jef Maes, born in Antwerp, Belgium, composer, lecturer, worked for the Knokke orchestra, studied with Albert van de Vijver, Karel Candaeil, and Napoleon Distelmans

1905 Albert Speer, German architect/minister of Armament, NSDAP

1904 Albert Van Dekker, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, Dr. Cyclops, Beau Gesture

1904 Albert Kuyle, Louis Kuitenbrouwer, Dutch writer, Jesus' Robe

1903 Albert Schaffle, German sociologist, dies at 72

1903 Albert Helman, Lou Lichtveld, Suriname politician/novelist

1903 Dean Jagger, Lima Ohio, actor, Albert Vane-Mr Novak, Elmer Gantry

1903 Lodewijk AM "Lou" Lichtveld, Albert Helman, Suriname author

1903 Alan Bunce, born in Westfield, New Jersey, actor, Albert-Ethel and Albert

1903 Albert Cahen, composer, dies at 57

1902 Umberto "Albert" Anastasia, U.S. gangster, Murder Inc

1902 Albert FA, king of Saxon (1873-1902), dies at 74

1901 Albert Dondeyne, Belgian philosopher/theologist

1901 Karel Albert, Flemish composer, Marieken van Nymeghen

1901 Albert Henneberg, composer

1900 Albert de Vriendt, Flemish historical painter/etcher, dies

1900 Belgium crown prince Albert von Saksen-Coburg weds Elisabeth of Bayern

1900 [Albert] Carel Willink, Dutch painter, magic realism

1900 Albert Maurice Hackett, playwright/screenwriter

1899 Albert Trott hits Monty Noble over the Pavilion at Lord's

1899 Victoria and Albert Museum foundation laid England

1899 Albert Huybrechts, composer

1898 Albert Claude, Belgium, biologist/physician, Nobel 1974

1897 Albert Moeschinger, composer

1895 Albert Hay Malotte, composer

1895 Albert Trott takes 8-43 on Test debut, then a record

1894 Albert Stoessel, composer

1893 Albert Szent-Gyorgyi, Hungary, biochemist, Vitamin C, Nobel 1937

1893 Albert Szent-Gyorgi, Hungarian Scientist

1893 Albert Mahl, German writer, Hart vull Drift

1892 Charles Albert White, composer, dies at 62

1891 Stephen Albert Emery, composer, dies at 49

1891 Albert Pike, American Lawyer

1890 Albert H Edelkoort, theologist, Zondebesef

1890 Albert van Raalte, conductor, AVRO-orchestra

1889 Albert J Sylvester, England, ballroom dancer, Alex Moor Award-1977

1889 Albert Plesman, aviation pioneer/founder/director, KLM

1889 Albertus W. "Albert" van Dalsum, actor and director, Abandoned Child

1888 Albert Spalding, composer

1887 Stanley's expedition reaches plateau at Lake Albert Congo

1887 Albert PAA Besnard, Dutch poet/journalist, Uprising and Remorse

1887 Albert P. Termote, Flemish/Dutch sculptor, Charles the Great

1887 Albert Conti, born in Trieste, Austria, actor, Jazz Heaven, Doomed Battalion

1886 Albert Ehrenstein, Austria writer, Message from the Madhouse

1886 Albert Saverys, Flemish painter

1886 Joseph Albert, German photographer (Albertotype), dies at 61

1886 Albert Edward Sammons, composer

1884 Albert Warner, U.S. producer, Warner Bros

1884 Albert Israel Elkus, composer

1884 Albert Egges van Giffen, Dutch archaeologist

1884 Albert Louis Wolff, composer

1884 Albert Wolff, Dutch Musician

1883 Albert "Tibby" Cotter, cricketer, great Aussie quick of early century

1883 Albert Franz Doppler, composer, dies at 61

1882 Albert Coates, born in St. Petersburg, Russia, conductor and composer, Eagle

1881 Edgar Albert Guest, born in Detroit, Michigan, poet/newspaperman

1880 Alfred Einstein, German/U.S. musicologist/nephew of Albert Einstein

1880 Albert Szirmai, composer

1879 Albert Einstein, born in Ulm, Germany, physicist, Nobel 1921

1878 Albert Riemenschneider, composer

1878 Albert Siklos, composer

1878 Albert Thomas, French socialist politician

1878 Albert Weisgerber, German painter/graphic artist

1877 O. W. Albert Roelofs, Dutch painter/etcher

1877 Albert P Hahn, Dutch political cartoonist, People/Nutcracker

1876 Albert E Michotte van den Berck, Belgian psychologist

1876 Albert Spalding with $800 starts sporting goods co, manufacturing 1st official baseball, tennis ball, basketball, golf ball, and football

1875 Albert William Ketelbey, Aston England, composer, Wonder Worker

1875 Albert I LCMM von Saksen-Coburg, king of Belgium, 1909-34

1875 Albert Schweitzer, doctor/humanitarian/organist, Nobel 1954

1874 Albert Aftalion, Bulgaria/French economist

1874 Albert Relf, cricketer, England all-rounder in 13 Tests 1903-14

1873 Albert J. Nock, American Philosopher

1873 Albert Bridge creossing Thames opens

1873 Albert MLA de Bassompierre, Belgian ambassador to Tokyo, 1921-39

1872 Albert P. Terhune, U.S., novelist, Lad, a Dog

1872 Albert P Sarraut, French Governor-General of Indo-China, 1911..19, PM, 1933/36

1872 Albert Steinruck, German actor, Golem

1871 Albert L Jones (New York City), patents corrugated paper

1871 Albert Hall opens by Queen Victoria in London

1869 Albert F Pollard, British historian, Dict of natural biography

1869 Albert Grisar, composer, dies at 60

1869 Albert Roussel, born in Tourcoing, France, composer, Rapsodie Flamende

1869 Albert Kahn, architect, originated modern factory design

1867 Albert Basserman, Mannheim Germany, actor, Foreign Correspondant

1867 Royal Albert Hall foundation laid by Queen Victoria

1866 Albert Baertsoen, Flemish painter/etcher

1865 Albert Herbert Brewer, composer

1865 Frederick Albert Cook, American Explorer

1865 Albert Verwey, Dutch poet/literature historian, Motion

1865 Albert G Bilders, Dutch landscape painter, dies at 26

1864 Albert J M Bakker, Dutch actor, Teun the night watch

1864 Eugene Francis Charles D'Albert, German pianist and composer, Golem

1862 Albert Jeremiah Beveridge, U.S., politician/author, Progressive

1862 Freiherr Albert von Schrenk-Notzing, German para-psychologist

1862 Albert Sidney Johnston, U.S. Confederate general, dies in battle at 59

1861 Albert, prince consort of England/husband of Queen Victoria, dies at 42

1860 Edward Albert Filene, merchant, established U.S. credit union movement

1860 Albert Richard Smith, author/lecturer, dies

1858 Albert Fuchs, composer

1858 Albert Potts of Philadelphia patents the street mailbox

1853 Albert Vandal, French earl/historian, Le Pacha Bonneval

1852 John Albert Delany, composer

1851 Gustav Albert Lortzing, composer, dies at 49

1851 Gerard Leman, born in Liege, Belgium, Belgian general, war hero, provided King Albert I of Belgium with his military education, commander of the forts surrounding Liege in World War One, captured as a prisoner of War by the Germans and released at the end of the War

1850 Albert Spaulding, baseball player/founded Spaulding sports company

1850 Ernest Albert Waterlow, water-color painter

1849 Albert J-BJ Thos, Belgian colonial pioneer, Congo

1849 Abraham AA "Albert" Gallatin, Minister of Finance (1801-14), dies at 88

1849 Albert Gallatin, Swiss Statesman

1849 Charles Albert, King of Sardinia (1831-49), dies

1849 Dutch princess Marianne and Prince Albert of Prussia separate

1849 Battle of Novara (King Charles Albert vs Italian republic)

1848 Albert HK, monarch of Monaco, 1889-1922

1847 Albert Ross Parsons, composer

1846 Albert Gyorgy earl Apponyi, Hungarian minister of Education

1846 Albert Cahen, composer

1844 Albert von Rothschild, Austrian banker

1844 J Albert Neuhuys, Dutch painter, Haagse school

1843 Albert de Vriendt, Flemish historical painter/etcher

1841 Stephen Albert Emery, composer

1840 British queen Victoria marries her cousin Albert von Saksen-Coburg

1834 Albert Heinrich Zabel, composer

1834 Albert Lindley Lee, Brigadier General Union volunteers

1830 Albert Gallatin Jenkins, Brigadier General Confederate Army

1830 Albert Bierstadt, Germany, painter, US landscapes

1829 Albert Dietrich, composer

1829 Charles Albert White, composer

1828 Albert FA, king of Saxon, 1873-1902

1826 Albert Reville, French theologist, Jesus of Nazareth

1825 Joseph Albert, German photographer, albertotype

1822 Albert Christoph Dies, composer, dies at 67

1822 Jan Albert van Eyken, composer/organist

1821 Albert Franz Doppler, composer

1821 Albert, duc de Broglie, France, premier, 1873-74, 1977

1820 Guillaume Albert Teniers, composer, dies at 71

1819 Albert "Bertie" von Saksen-Coburg-Gotha, husband of queen Victoria

1819 Carl Albert Loeschhorn, composer

1810 Albert Gallatin Blanchard, Brigadier General Confederate Army

1809 Albert Pike, Brigadier General Confederate Army

1809 Albert Taylor Bledsoe, Assistant Secretary War, Confederacy

1809 Albert Schaffle, German sociologist, Abriss der Soziologie

1808 Albert Grisar, composer

1803 Albert Sidney Johnston, General Confederate Army

1801 Gustav Albert Lortzing, composer

1798 Charles Albert, King of Sardinia, 1831-49

1770 Albert Bertel Thorvaldsen, Copenhagen Denmark, sculptor, Dying Lion

1761 Abraham AA "Albert" Gallatin, born in Switzerland, U.S. minister of Finance, 1801 - 1814

1761 Albert Gallatin, Swiss Statesman

1755 Albert Christoph Dies, composer

1748 Guillaume Albert Teniers, composer

1745 Charles VII Albert, German emperor (1742-45), dies at 47

1742 German leaders elect Charles VII Albert Emperor

1736 Albert Seba, Amsterdam pharmacist, dies at 71

1691 Albert Cuyp, landscape painter, buried at 71

1651 Heinrich Albert, German composer (Arien oder Melodien), dies at 47

1632 Albert Schop, composer

1621 Charles d'albert duke of Luynes/Prime Minister of France, dies at 43

1604 Heinrich Albert, Germany, composer, Arien oder Melodien

1578 Charles d'Albert duke of Luynes, premier of France/Governor of Picardie

1542 Albert Pigge, Pighius, Dutch theologist/astronomer, dies at about 52

1389 Battle at Falkoping: Danes defeat King Albert of Sweden

1298 Albert I, son of Rudolf of Habsburg, crowned Holy Roman Emperor

1229 Albert, bishop of Riga/founder (Sword Knights), dies at about 68

1192 Albert I van Leuven/Luik, Belgian bishop of Luik/saint, dies at 27


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