Famous Deaths In May - 26

0604  On May - 26 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  On May - 26 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 May - 26.   

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  Death of Vincent Voiture, French poet (b. 1597) on this day in history.   

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

1679  Death of Ferdinand Maria, Elector of Bavaria (b. 1636) on this day in history.   

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

1703  On May - 26 samuel Pepys, English marine expert (Diary)/composer, dies at 70   

1742  On this day in history death of pylyp Orlyk, Ukrainian Zaporozhian Cossack starshina, diplomat (b. 1672)   

1753  Willem Maurits, earl of Nassau/gov of Zeeuws-Flanders, dies on May - 26.   

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  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1832  On May - 26 francois-Louis Perne, composer, dies at 59   

1840  On this day in history 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  August Conradi, composer, dies at 51 on this day in history.   

1876  On this day in history frantisek Palacky, Czech historian/MP, dies at 77   

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

1881  On May - 26 death of jakob Bernays, German philologist (b. 1824)   

1883  On May - 26 abd el-Kader, Algerian sultan/religious ruler, dies at about 74   

1891  On this day in history 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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1264  On May - 26 birth of prince Koreyasu, Japanese shogun (d. 1326)   

1478  Clement VII, [Giulio de' Medici], Italy, Pope (1523-34) was born on this day in history.   

1566  On this day in history 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 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 May - 26.