Famous Personalities Born In May - 26

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

1478  On May - 26 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  Mehmed III, Ottoman Emperor (d. 1603) was born on this day in history.   

1591  On May - 26 birth of dirck Janszoon Sweelinck, composer   

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)   

1689  On this day in history birth of mary Wortley Montagu, English essayist, feminist, eccentric   

1700  Nikolaus L earl von Zinzendorf und Pottendorf, German evangelist was born on this day in history.   

1759  On this day in history birth of mary Wollstonecraft Godwin, writer/mother of Mary Shelley   

1764  Edward Livingston, American jurist and statesman (d. 1836) was born on this day in history.   

1771  Rahel Varnhagen von Ense-Levin, German saloon owner/author was born on this day in history.   

1773  Hans Georg Nageli, composer was born on May - 26.   

1782  Joseph Drechsler, composer was born on this day in history.   

1799  On this day in history birth of alexander S Pushkin, Russia, writer (Eugene Onegin)   

1806  Henry Knox Thatcher, Comm (Union Navy), died in 1880 was born on May - 26.   

1822  On May - 26 birth of e de Goncourt, writer   

1825  On May - 26 birth of felipe Gutierrez y Espinoza, composer   

1835  On this day in history birth of edward Porter Alexander, Brig General (Confederate Army)   

1846  Arthur Coquard, composer was born on May - 26.   

1850  Christine [Elizabeth C] Poolman, Dutch actress (Stupid force) was born on May - 26.   

1853  On this day in history birth of monroe A Althouse, composer   

1856  George Templeton Strong, composer was born on this day in history.   

1859  Alfred Edward Housman, Bromsgrove England, poet (A Buried Life) was born on May - 26.   

1863  On May - 26 birth of robert Fitzsimmons, Boxing champion (d. 1917)   

1865  On May - 26 birth of akseli V Gallen-Kallela, Fins painter/graphic artist/illustrator   

1865  Robert W. Chambers, American artist (d. 1933) was born on May - 26.   

1866  On this day in history birth of john Eigenhuis, writer (Tough Workers)   

1867  On this day in history birth of mary, queen of Great Britain/North Ireland   

1867  On this day in history birth of mary of Teck, wife of George V of the United Kingdom (d. 1953)   

1871  On May - 26 birth of camille Huysmans, Belgian premier (1946-47)   

1873  On May - 26 birth of cornelis G N de Vooys, translator/founder (New Taalgids)   

1873  Olaf Gulbransson, Norwegian artist (d. 1958) was born on this day in history.   

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0604  On May - 26 augustinus van Canterbury, bishop/apostle of England, dies (or 605)   

0735  Beda Venerabilis, English speaking church historian, dies at about 62 on this day in history.   

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 May - 26 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  On May - 26 death of cornelis Claesz, mapmaker, buried