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 this day in history.  

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  On May - 26 birth of dirck Janszoon Sweelinck, composer  

1602  Philippe de Champaigne, French painter (d. 1674) was born on May - 26.  

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

1669  Sébastien Vaillant, French botanist (d. 1722) was born on this day in history.  

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

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  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  On this day in history birth of hans Georg Nageli, composer  

1782  Joseph Drechsler, composer was born on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

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

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

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

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  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  On May - 26 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 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 May - 26.  

0818  Death of Ali ar-Rida, Shia Imam (b. 766) on this day in history.  

1055  On this day in history 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  On this day in history philippus Nerius, [Filippo Neri], Italian merchant/saint, dies at 79  

1609  Death of Cornelis Claesz, mapmaker, buried on May - 26.