Famous Deaths In May - 26

0604  On this day in history augustinus van Canterbury, bishop/apostle of England, dies (or 605)   

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

0818  Death of Ali ar-Rida, Shia Imam (b. 766) on May - 26.   

1055  Death of Margrave Adalbert of Austria on May - 26.   

1421  Mohammed I, sultan of Turkey (1413-21), dies on May - 26.   

1512  On this day in history bajezid II, governor of Amasja/8th sultan of Turkey, dies   

1595  Philippus Nerius, [Filippo Neri], Italian merchant/saint, dies at 79 on this day in history.   

1609  On this day in history death of cornelis Claesz, mapmaker, buried   

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  On May - 26 death of ferdinand Maria, Elector of Bavaria (b. 1636)   

1685  On this day in history karel, monarch of Palts, dies   

1703  Samuel Pepys, English marine expert (Diary)/composer, dies at 70 on this day in history.   

1742  Death of Pylyp Orlyk, Ukrainian Zaporozhian Cossack starshina, diplomat (b. 1672) on this day in history.   

1753  Willem Maurits, earl of Nassau/gov of Zeeuws-Flanders, dies on this day in history.   

1762  On May - 26 death of alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten, German philosopher (b. 1714)   

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  Michael A Barclay de Tolly, Russian fieldmarshal/War Minister, dies on this day in history.   

1824  On this day in history death of capel Lofft, English writer (b. 1751)   

1831  On this day in history georg Hermes, German philosopher/theologist (Hermenianen), dies   

1832  Francois-Louis Perne, composer, dies at 59 on May - 26.   

1840  On May - 26 death of sidney Smith, British admiral (b. 1764)   

1864  On May - 26 ch Sealsfield, writer, dies at 71   

1868  Death of Michael Barrett, Irish nationalist, last British public execution on May - 26.   

1871  Aime Maillart, composer, dies at 54 on this day in history.   

1873  On May - 26 august Conradi, composer, dies at 51   

1876  Frantisek Palacky, Czech historian/MP, dies at 77 on May - 26.   

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 this day in history abd el-Kader, Algerian sultan/religious ruler, dies at about 74   

1891  Frederick Bowen Jewson, composer, dies at 67 on May - 26.   

1902  Death of Almon Strowger, American inventor (b. 1839) on this day in history.   

1904  Death of Georges Gilles de la Tourette, French neurologist (b. 1857) on this day in history.   

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1264  On this day in history birth of prince Koreyasu, Japanese shogun (d. 1326)   

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

1566  Mohammed III, sultan of Turkey (1595-1603) was born on May - 26.   

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 this day in history 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  On this day in history birth of sébastien Vaillant, French botanist (d. 1722)