Famous Deaths In May - 26

0604  On this day in history 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 this day in history death of margrave Adalbert of Austria   

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

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

1648  On May - 26 death of vincent Voiture, French poet (b. 1597)   

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

1679  Death of Ferdinand Maria, Elector of Bavaria (b. 1636) on May - 26.   

1685  On May - 26 karel, monarch of Palts, dies   

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

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

1753  On this day in history willem Maurits, earl of Nassau/gov of Zeeuws-Flanders, dies   

1762  Death of Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten, German philosopher (b. 1714) on this day in history.   

1799  On May - 26 death of james Burnett, Lord Monboddo, Scottish judge (b. 1714)   

1814  Death of Joseph-Ignace Guillotin, officially named the Guillotine (b. 1789) on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history georg Hermes, German philosopher/theologist (Hermenianen), dies   

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

1840  Death of Sidney Smith, British admiral (b. 1764) on May - 26.   

1864  On May - 26 ch Sealsfield, writer, dies at 71   

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 May - 26.   

1880  On May - 26 john Curwen, composer, dies at 63   

1881  On this day in history death of jakob Bernays, German philologist (b. 1824)   

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

1891  Frederick Bowen Jewson, composer, dies at 67 on this day in history.   

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

1904  Death of Georges Gilles de la Tourette, French neurologist (b. 1857) on May - 26.   

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

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

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

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.