Famous Birthdays In May - 26

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 May - 26.  

1566  Mohammed III, sultan of Turkey (1595-1603) was born on this day in history.  

1566  On May - 26 birth of mehmed III, Ottoman Emperor (d. 1603)  

1591  On May - 26 birth of dirck Janszoon Sweelinck, composer  

1602  Philippe de Champaigne, French painter (d. 1674) was born on this day in history.  

1667  On May - 26 birth of abraham De Moivre, French mathematician (De Moivre's theorem)  

1669  On May - 26 birth of sébastien Vaillant, French botanist (d. 1722)  

1689  On this day in history birth of mary Wortley Montagu, English essayist, feminist, eccentric  

1700  Nikolaus L earl von Zinzendorf und Pottendorf, German evangelist was born on May - 26.  

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1759  On May - 26 birth of mary Wollstonecraft Godwin, writer/mother of Mary Shelley  

1764  Edward Livingston, American jurist and statesman (d. 1836) was born on this day in history.  

1771  On this day in history birth of rahel Varnhagen von Ense-Levin, German saloon owner/author  

1773  Hans Georg Nageli, composer was born on May - 26.  

1782  On this day in history birth of joseph Drechsler, composer  

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

1806  Henry Knox Thatcher, Comm (Union Navy), died in 1880 was born on May - 26.  

1822  E de Goncourt, writer was born on May - 26.  

1825  On this day in history birth of felipe Gutierrez y Espinoza, composer  

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

1846  On May - 26 birth of arthur Coquard, composer  

1850  Christine [Elizabeth C] Poolman, Dutch actress (Stupid force) was born on this day in history.  

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

1856  On May - 26 birth of george Templeton Strong, composer  

1859  Alfred Edward Housman, Bromsgrove England, poet (A Buried Life) was born on this day in history.  

1863  On this day in history birth of robert Fitzsimmons, Boxing champion (d. 1917)  

1865  Akseli V Gallen-Kallela, Fins painter/graphic artist/illustrator was born on May - 26.  

1865  On this day in history birth of robert W. Chambers, American artist (d. 1933)  

1866  John Eigenhuis, writer (Tough Workers) was born on this day in history.  

1867  On this day in history birth of mary, queen of Great Britain/North Ireland  

1867  On May - 26 birth of mary of Teck, wife of George V of the United Kingdom (d. 1953)  

1871  On this day in history birth of camille Huysmans, Belgian premier (1946-47)  

1873  Cornelis G N de Vooys, translator/founder (New Taalgids) was born on May - 26.  

1873  On May - 26 birth of olaf Gulbransson, Norwegian artist (d. 1958)  

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

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

0818  On May - 26 death of ali ar-Rida, Shia Imam (b. 766)  

1055  On May - 26 death of margrave Adalbert of Austria  

1421  Mohammed I, sultan of Turkey (1413-21), dies on this day in history.  

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 May - 26.  

1609  On May - 26 death of cornelis Claesz, mapmaker, buried