Famous Deaths In May - 26

0604  Augustinus van Canterbury, bishop/apostle of England, dies (or 605) on this day in history.   

0735  On this day in history beda Venerabilis, English speaking church historian, dies at about 62   

0818  On this day in history death of ali ar-Rida, Shia Imam (b. 766)   

1055  On May - 26 death of margrave Adalbert of Austria   

1421  On this day in history mohammed I, sultan of Turkey (1413-21), dies   

1512  Bajezid II, governor of Amasja/8th sultan of Turkey, dies on this day in history.   

1595  On this day in history philippus Nerius, [Filippo Neri], Italian merchant/saint, dies at 79   

1609  Death of Cornelis Claesz, mapmaker, buried on May - 26.   

1648  On May - 26 death of vincent Voiture, French poet (b. 1597)   

1653  Death of Robert Filmer, English writer (b. 1588) on May - 26.   

1679  Death of Ferdinand Maria, Elector of Bavaria (b. 1636) on May - 26.   

1685  Karel, monarch of Palts, dies on May - 26.   

1703  Samuel Pepys, English marine expert (Diary)/composer, dies at 70 on May - 26.   

1742  On May - 26 death of pylyp Orlyk, Ukrainian Zaporozhian Cossack starshina, diplomat (b. 1672)   

1753  On this day in history willem Maurits, earl of Nassau/gov of Zeeuws-Flanders, dies   

1762  Death of Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten, German philosopher (b. 1714) on this day in history.   

1799  Death of James Burnett, Lord Monboddo, Scottish judge (b. 1714) on May - 26.   

1814  Death of Joseph-Ignace Guillotin, officially named the Guillotine (b. 1789) on this day in history.   

1818  On May - 26 michael A Barclay de Tolly, Russian fieldmarshal/War Minister, dies   

1824  Death of Capel Lofft, English writer (b. 1751) on this day in history.   

1831  Georg Hermes, German philosopher/theologist (Hermenianen), dies on May - 26.   

1832  On this day in history francois-Louis Perne, composer, dies at 59   

1840  On this day in history death of sidney Smith, British admiral (b. 1764)   

1864  Ch Sealsfield, writer, dies at 71 on May - 26.   

1868  On May - 26 death of michael Barrett, Irish nationalist, last British public execution   

1871  On May - 26 aime Maillart, composer, dies at 54   

1873  August Conradi, composer, dies at 51 on May - 26.   

1876  Frantisek Palacky, Czech historian/MP, dies at 77 on this day in history.   

1880  On this day in history john Curwen, composer, dies at 63   

1881  Death of Jakob Bernays, German philologist (b. 1824) on this day in history.   

1883  On May - 26 abd el-Kader, Algerian sultan/religious ruler, dies at about 74   

1891  On May - 26 frederick Bowen Jewson, composer, dies at 67   

1902  On May - 26 death of almon Strowger, American inventor (b. 1839)   

1904  Death of Georges Gilles de la Tourette, French neurologist (b. 1857) on May - 26.   

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1264  Prince Koreyasu, Japanese shogun (d. 1326) was born on May - 26.   

1478  On this day in history birth of clement VII, [Giulio de' Medici], Italy, Pope (1523-34)   

1566  On May - 26 birth of mohammed III, sultan of Turkey (1595-1603)   

1566  On May - 26 birth of mehmed III, Ottoman Emperor (d. 1603)   

1591  Dirck Janszoon Sweelinck, composer was born on this day in history.   

1602  On May - 26 birth of philippe de Champaigne, French painter (d. 1674)   

1667  On May - 26 birth of abraham De Moivre, French mathematician (De Moivre's theorem)   

1669  Sébastien Vaillant, French botanist (d. 1722) was born on May - 26.