Famous Birthdays In May - 26

1264  On May - 26 birth of prince Koreyasu, Japanese shogun (d. 1326)  

1478  On this day in history birth of clement VII, [Giulio de' Medici], Italy, Pope (1523-34)  

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

1566  On this day in history 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  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  On this day in history birth of mary Wortley Montagu, English essayist, feminist, eccentric  

1700  On this day in history 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 May - 26 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  On this day in history birth of alexander S Pushkin, Russia, writer (Eugene Onegin)  

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

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

1825  On May - 26 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 May - 26.  

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

1853  On May - 26 birth of monroe A Althouse, composer  

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

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

1863  Robert Fitzsimmons, Boxing champion (d. 1917) was born on this day in history.  

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

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

1873  On this day in history birth of cornelis G N de Vooys, translator/founder (New Taalgids)  

1873  Olaf Gulbransson, Norwegian artist (d. 1958) was born on May - 26.  

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0604  Augustinus van Canterbury, bishop/apostle of England, dies (or 605) on this day in history.  

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

0818  On this day in history death of ali ar-Rida, Shia Imam (b. 766)  

1055  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

1595  Philippus Nerius, [Filippo Neri], Italian merchant/saint, dies at 79 on this day in history.  

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