Historical Events In May - 26

1781  Bank of North America incorporates in Philadelphia on this day in history.   

1782  Joseph Drechsler, composer on this day in history.   

1788  Mary Clark of England gives birth to a baby without a brain on this day in history.   

1790  On May - 26 territory South of River Ohio created by Congress   

1798  British kill about 500 Irish insurgents at the Battle of Tara on this day in history.   

1799  Alexander S Pushkin, Russia, writer (Eugene Onegin) on May - 26.   

1805  On May - 26 lewis & Clark first see Rocky Mountains   

1805  On May - 26 napolean Bonaparte is crowned King of Italy   

1805  Napoleon Bonaparte crowned King of Italy on this day in history.   

1805  Napoleon is crowned king of Italy on May - 26.   

1805  The emperor Napoleon crowns himself with the old iron crown of the Lombard kings May 26 in the cathedral at Milan, he appoints his stepson Eugène Beauharnais viceroy June 7, but a Third Coalition mobilizes against him; Austria, Russia, and Sweden make alliances with Britain, while Napoleon gains support from Spain, Bavaria, Württemberg, Baden, Hesse, and Nassau on this day in history.   

1805  On this day in history lewis & Clark 1st see Rocky Mountains   

1806  On May - 26 henry Knox Thatcher, Comm (Union Navy), died in 1880   

1807  French forces take Danzig and defeat the Russians June 14 in the Battle of Friedland on this day in history.   

1818  Michael A Barclay de Tolly, Russian fieldmarshal/War Minister, dies on this day in history.   

1822  On this day in history e de Goncourt, writer   

1824  On May - 26 brazil is recognized by US   

1825  Felipe Gutierrez y Espinoza, composer on this day in history.   

1828  Mysterious feral child Kaspar Hauser is discovered wandering the streets of Nuremberg on May - 26.   

1831  Georg Hermes, German philosopher/theologist (Hermenianen), dies on this day in history.   

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

1834  Portuguese Civil war ends, Dom Miguel capitulates on May - 26.   

1835  Edward Porter Alexander, Brig General (Confederate Army) on May - 26.   

1846  On this day in history arthur Coquard, composer   

1850  On this day in history christine [Elizabeth C] Poolman, Dutch actress (Stupid force)   

1853  Monroe A Althouse, composer on May - 26.   

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

1859  On this day in history alfred Edward Housman, Bromsgrove England, poet (A Buried Life)   

1860  Garibaldi occupies Palermo Italy on May - 26.   

1861  Postmaster General Blair announces end of postal connection with the South on May - 26.   

1861  On May - 26 union blockades New Orleans LA & Mobile AL   

1861  Postmaster General Blair announces end of postal connection with South on this day in history.   

1864  Skirmish along the Totopotomoy Creek VA on May - 26.   

1864  On May - 26 territory of Montana is formed   

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

1478  On this day in history birth of clement VII, [Giulio de' Medici], Italy, Pope (1523-34)   

1566  On this day in history birth of mohammed III, sultan of Turkey (1595-1603)   

1566  On this day in history birth of mehmed III, Ottoman Emperor (d. 1603)   

1591  Dirck Janszoon Sweelinck, composer was born on May - 26.   

1602  On May - 26 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)   

0604  Augustinus van Canterbury, bishop/apostle of England, dies (or 605) on May - 26.   

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 this day in history 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  Philippus Nerius, [Filippo Neri], Italian merchant/saint, dies at 79 on May - 26.   

1609  On this day in history death of cornelis Claesz, mapmaker, buried