Famous Birthdays In May - 26

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 May - 26.   

1566  Mohammed III, sultan of Turkey (1595-1603) was born on May - 26.   

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

1689  Mary Wortley Montagu, English essayist, feminist, eccentric was born on this day in history.   

1700  On May - 26 birth of nikolaus L earl von Zinzendorf und Pottendorf, German evangelist   

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 May - 26 birth of rahel Varnhagen von Ense-Levin, German saloon owner/author   

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

1782  On May - 26 birth of joseph Drechsler, composer   

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

1806  On May - 26 birth of henry Knox Thatcher, Comm (Union Navy), died in 1880   

1822  On May - 26 birth of e de Goncourt, writer   

1825  Felipe Gutierrez y Espinoza, composer was born on this day in history.   

1835  On this day in history birth of edward Porter Alexander, Brig General (Confederate Army)   

1846  On this day in history birth of arthur Coquard, composer   

1850  On May - 26 birth of christine [Elizabeth C] Poolman, Dutch actress (Stupid force)   

1853  On this day in history birth of monroe A Althouse, composer   

1856  On this day in history birth of george Templeton Strong, composer   

1859  Alfred Edward Housman, Bromsgrove England, poet (A Buried Life) was born on May - 26.   

1863  Robert Fitzsimmons, Boxing champion (d. 1917) was born on May - 26.   

1865  On this day in history birth of akseli V Gallen-Kallela, Fins painter/graphic artist/illustrator   

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

1866  On May - 26 birth of john Eigenhuis, writer (Tough Workers)   

1867  On May - 26 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  Camille Huysmans, Belgian premier (1946-47) was born on May - 26.   

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  Augustinus van Canterbury, bishop/apostle of England, dies (or 605) on May - 26.   

0735  On this day in history 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  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 May - 26.   

1595  On May - 26 philippus Nerius, [Filippo Neri], Italian merchant/saint, dies at 79   

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