Events & Holidays In May - 26

Independence Day (Georgia Guyana)

Mother's Day (Poland)

Prince Fredrik's Birthday (Denmark)

Sorry Day (Australia)

1264  Prince Koreyasu, Japanese shogun (d. 1326) was born on this day in history.  

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

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  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 this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

0735  Beda Venerabilis, English speaking church historian, dies at about 62 on this day in history.  

0818  On this day in history death of ali ar-Rida, Shia Imam (b. 766)  

1055  Death of Margrave Adalbert of Austria on this day in history.  

1421  On this day in history 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  On this day in history death of cornelis Claesz, mapmaker, buried