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  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  On May - 26 lewis & Clark first see Rocky Mountains   

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

1805  On May - 26 napoleon Bonaparte crowned King of Italy   

1805  Napoleon is crowned king of Italy on this day in history.   

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

1806  On this day in history 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 May - 26.   

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  Brazil is recognized by US on May - 26.   

1825  On May - 26 felipe Gutierrez y Espinoza, composer   

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 May - 26.   

1834  On this day in history portuguese Civil war ends, Dom Miguel capitulates   

1835  Edward Porter Alexander, Brig General (Confederate Army) on this day in history.   

1846  On this day in history arthur Coquard, composer   

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

1853  On May - 26 monroe A Althouse, composer   

1856  On May - 26 george Templeton Strong, composer   

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

1860  Garibaldi occupies Palermo Italy on this day in history.   

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

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 May - 26.   

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

1864  Territory of Montana is formed on this day in history.   

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

1566  Mehmed III, Ottoman Emperor (d. 1603) was born on this day in history.   

1591  On May - 26 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 this day in history birth of sébastien Vaillant, French botanist (d. 1722)   

0604  On May - 26 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  Death of Margrave Adalbert of Austria on this day in history.   

1421  Mohammed I, sultan of Turkey (1413-21), dies on May - 26.   

1512  On this day in history 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 May - 26.