Famous Birthdays In May - 26

1264  On this day in history birth of prince Koreyasu, Japanese shogun (d. 1326)   

1478  Clement VII, [Giulio de' Medici], Italy, Pope (1523-34) was born on May - 26.   

1566  Mohammed III, sultan of Turkey (1595-1603) was born on May - 26.   

1566  On May - 26 birth of mehmed III, Ottoman Emperor (d. 1603)   

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 May - 26 birth of nikolaus L earl von Zinzendorf und Pottendorf, German evangelist   

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  Rahel Varnhagen von Ense-Levin, German saloon owner/author was born on May - 26.   

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 May - 26.   

1822  On this day in history birth of e de Goncourt, writer   

1825  Felipe Gutierrez y Espinoza, composer was born on this day in history.   

1835  Edward Porter Alexander, Brig General (Confederate Army) was born on this day in history.   

1846  On May - 26 birth of arthur Coquard, composer   

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

1859  Alfred Edward Housman, Bromsgrove England, poet (A Buried Life) was born on May - 26.   

1863  On May - 26 birth of robert Fitzsimmons, Boxing champion (d. 1917)   

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  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 May - 26 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 this day in history death of ali ar-Rida, Shia Imam (b. 766)   

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 May - 26.   

1595  On this day in history philippus Nerius, [Filippo Neri], Italian merchant/saint, dies at 79   

1609  Death of Cornelis Claesz, mapmaker, buried on this day in history.