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 May - 26.  

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 this day in history 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  On May - 26 birth of sébastien Vaillant, French botanist (d. 1722)  

1689  On May - 26 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  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  Hans Georg Nageli, composer was born on this day in history.  

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 May - 26.  

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

1825  Felipe Gutierrez y Espinoza, composer was born on May - 26.  

1835  On May - 26 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 this day in history.  

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 May - 26.  

1865  Akseli V Gallen-Kallela, Fins painter/graphic artist/illustrator was born on this day in history.  

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

1866  On May - 26 birth of john Eigenhuis, writer (Tough Workers)  

1867  On May - 26 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 this day in history birth of cornelis G N de Vooys, translator/founder (New Taalgids)  

1873  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

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

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

1421  On this day in history 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  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.