Famous Personalities Born In May - 26

1264  On this day in history 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  On May - 26 birth of mohammed III, sultan of Turkey (1595-1603)   

1566  Mehmed III, Ottoman Emperor (d. 1603) was born on this day in history.   

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  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  Nikolaus L earl von Zinzendorf und Pottendorf, German evangelist was born on this day in history.   

1759  On this day in history 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 this day in history birth of rahel Varnhagen von Ense-Levin, German saloon owner/author   

1773  On May - 26 birth of hans Georg Nageli, composer   

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  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  Arthur Coquard, composer was born on May - 26.   

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

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

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

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

1863  On this day in history birth of robert Fitzsimmons, Boxing champion (d. 1917)   

1865  On May - 26 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  Mary, queen of Great Britain/North Ireland was born on this day in history.   

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 this day in history beda Venerabilis, English speaking church historian, dies at about 62   

0818  Death of Ali ar-Rida, Shia Imam (b. 766) on May - 26.   

1055  Death of Margrave Adalbert of Austria on this day in history.   

1421  Mohammed I, sultan of Turkey (1413-21), dies on May - 26.   

1512  Bajezid II, governor of Amasja/8th sultan of Turkey, dies on this day in history.   

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

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