Famous Deaths Happened In May - 26

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

0735  Beda Venerabilis, English speaking church historian, dies at about 62 on May - 26.   

0818  On May - 26 death of ali ar-Rida, Shia Imam (b. 766)   

1055  On May - 26 death of margrave Adalbert of Austria   

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

1685  Karel, monarch of Palts, dies on this day in history.   

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

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

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

1762  On this day in history 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 May - 26.   

1818  Michael A Barclay de Tolly, Russian fieldmarshal/War Minister, dies on May - 26.   

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

1831  On May - 26 georg Hermes, German philosopher/theologist (Hermenianen), dies   

1832  Francois-Louis Perne, composer, dies at 59 on this day in history.   

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

1864  Ch Sealsfield, writer, dies at 71 on this day in history.   

1868  Death of Michael Barrett, Irish nationalist, last British public execution on this day in history.   

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

1873  On this day in history august Conradi, composer, dies at 51   

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

1880  John Curwen, composer, dies at 63 on this day in history.   

1881  On this day in history death of jakob Bernays, German philologist (b. 1824)   

1883  Abd el-Kader, Algerian sultan/religious ruler, dies at about 74 on this day in history.   

1891  Frederick Bowen Jewson, composer, dies at 67 on this day in history.   

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

1904  On this day in history 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 May - 26.   

1478  Clement VII, [Giulio de' Medici], Italy, Pope (1523-34) was born on May - 26.   

1566  On this day in history 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 this day in history birth of philippe de Champaigne, French painter (d. 1674)   

1667  On this day in history 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.