Famous Birthdays In May - 26

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

1478  On May - 26 birth of clement VII, [Giulio de' Medici], Italy, Pope (1523-34)  

1566  On this day in history birth of mohammed III, sultan of Turkey (1595-1603)  

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  On this day in history birth of abraham De Moivre, French mathematician (De Moivre's theorem)  

1669  Sébastien Vaillant, French botanist (d. 1722) was born on May - 26.  

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

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

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

1764  On May - 26 birth of edward Livingston, American jurist and statesman (d. 1836)  

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 this day in history.  

1782  Joseph Drechsler, composer was born on May - 26.  

1799  Alexander S Pushkin, Russia, writer (Eugene Onegin) was born on May - 26.  

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

1822  E de Goncourt, writer was born on this day in history.  

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

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

1846  Arthur Coquard, composer was born on this day in history.  

1850  Christine [Elizabeth C] Poolman, Dutch actress (Stupid force) was born on May - 26.  

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

1856  George Templeton Strong, composer was born on May - 26.  

1859  On May - 26 birth of alfred Edward Housman, Bromsgrove England, poet (A Buried Life)  

1863  On May - 26 birth of robert Fitzsimmons, Boxing champion (d. 1917)  

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

1865  Robert W. Chambers, American artist (d. 1933) was born on this day in history.  

1866  John Eigenhuis, writer (Tough Workers) was born on May - 26.  

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

1867  On this day in history 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  On this day in history birth of cornelis G N de Vooys, translator/founder (New Taalgids)  

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

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0604  On May - 26 augustinus van Canterbury, bishop/apostle of England, dies (or 605)  

0735  On May - 26 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  On May - 26 death of margrave Adalbert of Austria  

1421  On May - 26 mohammed I, sultan of Turkey (1413-21), dies  

1512  Bajezid II, governor of Amasja/8th sultan of Turkey, dies on May - 26.  

1595  Philippus Nerius, [Filippo Neri], Italian merchant/saint, dies at 79 on May - 26.  

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