Famous Deaths Happened In May - 26

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  Death of Ali ar-Rida, Shia Imam (b. 766) on this day in history.   

1055  Death of Margrave Adalbert of Austria on May - 26.   

1421  On this day in history mohammed I, sultan of Turkey (1413-21), dies   

1512  On May - 26 bajezid II, governor of Amasja/8th sultan of Turkey, dies   

1595  Philippus Nerius, [Filippo Neri], Italian merchant/saint, dies at 79 on this day in history.   

1609  Death of Cornelis Claesz, mapmaker, buried on this day in history.   

1648  On this day in history death of vincent Voiture, French poet (b. 1597)   

1653  On this day in history death of robert Filmer, English writer (b. 1588)   

1679  On May - 26 death of ferdinand Maria, Elector of Bavaria (b. 1636)   

1685  On this day in history karel, monarch of Palts, dies   

1703  Samuel Pepys, English marine expert (Diary)/composer, dies at 70 on this day in history.   

1742  Death of Pylyp Orlyk, Ukrainian Zaporozhian Cossack starshina, diplomat (b. 1672) on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history death of james Burnett, Lord Monboddo, Scottish judge (b. 1714)   

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 May - 26 death of capel Lofft, English writer (b. 1751)   

1831  Georg Hermes, German philosopher/theologist (Hermenianen), dies on May - 26.   

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

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

1876  Frantisek Palacky, Czech historian/MP, dies at 77 on this day in history.   

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

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 this day in history frederick Bowen Jewson, composer, dies at 67   

1902  Death of Almon Strowger, American inventor (b. 1839) on May - 26.   

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

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1264  On May - 26 birth of prince Koreyasu, Japanese shogun (d. 1326)   

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 May - 26.   

1566  Mehmed III, Ottoman Emperor (d. 1603) was born on May - 26.   

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

1602  Philippe de Champaigne, French painter (d. 1674) was born on this day in history.   

1667  Abraham De Moivre, French mathematician (De Moivre's theorem) was born on this day in history.   

1669  On this day in history birth of sébastien Vaillant, French botanist (d. 1722)