Famous Deaths In May - 26
Saturday, 07 September 2024
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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