Famous Birthdays In May - 26

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

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

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  Dirck Janszoon Sweelinck, composer was born on this day in history.  

1602  On May - 26 birth of philippe de Champaigne, French painter (d. 1674)  

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)  

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  Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin, writer/mother of Mary Shelley was born on May - 26.  

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

1771  On May - 26 birth of rahel Varnhagen von Ense-Levin, German saloon owner/author  

1773  Hans Georg Nageli, composer was born on this day in history.  

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

1799  On May - 26 birth of alexander S Pushkin, Russia, writer (Eugene Onegin)  

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  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 this day in history.  

1853  Monroe A Althouse, composer was born on May - 26.  

1856  George Templeton Strong, composer was born on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

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

1865  On May - 26 birth of robert W. Chambers, American artist (d. 1933)  

1866  On this day in history birth of john Eigenhuis, writer (Tough Workers)  

1867  On May - 26 birth of mary, queen of Great Britain/North Ireland  

1867  Mary of Teck, wife of George V of the United Kingdom (d. 1953) was born on May - 26.  

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 this day in history.  

1873  On this day in history 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  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 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  Bajezid II, governor of Amasja/8th sultan of Turkey, dies on this day in history.  

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

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