Page 2: Historical Events In May - 26

1781  On this day in history bank of North America incorporates in Philadelphia   

1782  On May - 26 joseph Drechsler, composer   

1788  On May - 26 mary Clark of England gives birth to a baby without a brain   

1790  On this day in history territory South of River Ohio created by Congress   

1798  British kill about 500 Irish insurgents at the Battle of Tara on May - 26.   

1799  On May - 26 alexander S Pushkin, Russia, writer (Eugene Onegin)   

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  On May - 26 napoleon is crowned king of Italy   

1805  On May - 26 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   

1805  Lewis & Clark 1st see Rocky Mountains on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history michael A Barclay de Tolly, Russian fieldmarshal/War Minister, dies   

1822  E de Goncourt, writer on May - 26.   

1824  On this day in history brazil is recognized by US   

1825  On May - 26 felipe Gutierrez y Espinoza, composer   

1828  Mysterious feral child Kaspar Hauser is discovered wandering the streets of Nuremberg on this day in history.   

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

1832  Francois-Louis Perne, composer, dies at 59 on May - 26.   

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  Christine [Elizabeth C] Poolman, Dutch actress (Stupid force) on this day in history.   

1853  On this day in history monroe A Althouse, composer   

1856  On this day in history george Templeton Strong, composer   

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

1860  On May - 26 garibaldi occupies Palermo Italy   

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

1861  Union blockades New Orleans LA & Mobile AL on May - 26.   

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

1864  On this day in history skirmish along the Totopotomoy Creek VA   

1864  On this day in history territory of Montana is formed   

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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 May - 26.   

1566  On May - 26 birth of mohammed III, sultan of Turkey (1595-1603)   

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

1591  On this day in history birth of dirck Janszoon Sweelinck, composer   

1602  On May - 26 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  On May - 26 birth of sébastien Vaillant, French botanist (d. 1722)   

0604  On this day in history augustinus van Canterbury, bishop/apostle of England, dies (or 605)   

0735  On May - 26 beda Venerabilis, English speaking church historian, dies at about 62   

0818  Death of Ali ar-Rida, Shia Imam (b. 766) on May - 26.   

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

1421  On May - 26 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.