Famous Deaths In May - 26

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

0735  On May - 26 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  On May - 26 mohammed I, sultan of Turkey (1413-21), dies   

1512  Bajezid II, governor of Amasja/8th sultan of Turkey, dies on May - 26.   

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 this day in history death of vincent Voiture, French poet (b. 1597)   

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

1679  On this day in history death of ferdinand Maria, Elector of Bavaria (b. 1636)   

1685  On May - 26 karel, monarch of Palts, dies   

1703  On this day in history samuel Pepys, English marine expert (Diary)/composer, dies at 70   

1742  Death of Pylyp Orlyk, Ukrainian Zaporozhian Cossack starshina, diplomat (b. 1672) on May - 26.   

1753  On May - 26 willem Maurits, earl of Nassau/gov of Zeeuws-Flanders, dies   

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 this day in history.   

1814  On May - 26 death of joseph-Ignace Guillotin, officially named the Guillotine (b. 1789)   

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

1824  Death of Capel Lofft, English writer (b. 1751) on May - 26.   

1831  Georg Hermes, German philosopher/theologist (Hermenianen), dies on this day in history.   

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

1840  Death of Sidney Smith, British admiral (b. 1764) on May - 26.   

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

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

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

1880  John Curwen, composer, dies at 63 on May - 26.   

1881  Death of Jakob Bernays, German philologist (b. 1824) on May - 26.   

1883  On this day in history abd el-Kader, Algerian sultan/religious ruler, dies at about 74   

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

1902  On this day in history death of almon Strowger, American inventor (b. 1839)   

1904  On May - 26 death of georges Gilles de la Tourette, French neurologist (b. 1857)   

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1264  Prince Koreyasu, Japanese shogun (d. 1326) was born on this day in history.   

1478  On May - 26 birth of clement VII, [Giulio de' Medici], Italy, Pope (1523-34)   

1566  Mohammed III, sultan of Turkey (1595-1603) was born on this day in history.   

1566  Mehmed III, Ottoman Emperor (d. 1603) was born on this day in history.   

1591  Dirck Janszoon Sweelinck, composer was born on May - 26.   

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  Sébastien Vaillant, French botanist (d. 1722) was born on this day in history.