Page 2: Historical Events In May - 26

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

1782  On this day in history joseph Drechsler, composer   

1788  Mary Clark of England gives birth to a baby without a brain on May - 26.   

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

1798  On May - 26 british kill about 500 Irish insurgents at the Battle of Tara   

1799  Alexander S Pushkin, Russia, writer (Eugene Onegin) on this day in history.   

1805  Lewis & Clark first see Rocky Mountains on May - 26.   

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

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 May - 26.   

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

1806  Henry Knox Thatcher, Comm (Union Navy), died in 1880 on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history e de Goncourt, writer   

1824  Brazil is recognized by US on May - 26.   

1825  Felipe Gutierrez y Espinoza, composer on May - 26.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1835  On May - 26 edward Porter Alexander, Brig General (Confederate Army)   

1846  On May - 26 arthur Coquard, composer   

1850  Christine [Elizabeth C] Poolman, Dutch actress (Stupid force) on May - 26.   

1853  Monroe A Althouse, composer on this day in history.   

1856  On this day in history george Templeton Strong, composer   

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

1860  On this day in history garibaldi occupies Palermo Italy   

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

1861  On this day in history union blockades New Orleans LA & Mobile AL   

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

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

1864  Territory of Montana is formed on May - 26.   

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1264  Prince Koreyasu, Japanese shogun (d. 1326) was born on May - 26.   

1478  On May - 26 birth of clement VII, [Giulio de' Medici], Italy, Pope (1523-34)   

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  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 May - 26.   

1669  Sébastien Vaillant, French botanist (d. 1722) was born on May - 26.   

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  On this day in history 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  On this day in history philippus Nerius, [Filippo Neri], Italian merchant/saint, dies at 79   

1609  Death of Cornelis Claesz, mapmaker, buried on May - 26.