Famous Deaths Happened In May - 26

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 May - 26.   

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

1648  On May - 26 death of vincent Voiture, French poet (b. 1597)   

1653  On May - 26 death of robert Filmer, English writer (b. 1588)   

1679  Death of Ferdinand Maria, Elector of Bavaria (b. 1636) on May - 26.   

1685  Karel, monarch of Palts, dies on May - 26.   

1703  On May - 26 samuel Pepys, English marine expert (Diary)/composer, dies at 70   

1742  Death of Pylyp Orlyk, Ukrainian Zaporozhian Cossack starshina, diplomat (b. 1672) on this day in history.   

1753  On May - 26 willem Maurits, earl of Nassau/gov of Zeeuws-Flanders, dies   

1762  Death of Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten, German philosopher (b. 1714) on this day in history.   

1799  On this day in history death of james Burnett, Lord Monboddo, Scottish judge (b. 1714)   

1814  On this day in history death of joseph-Ignace Guillotin, officially named the Guillotine (b. 1789)   

1818  Michael A Barclay de Tolly, Russian fieldmarshal/War Minister, dies on May - 26.   

1824  Death of Capel Lofft, English writer (b. 1751) on May - 26.   

1831  Georg Hermes, German philosopher/theologist (Hermenianen), dies on this day in history.   

1832  On this day in history francois-Louis Perne, composer, dies at 59   

1840  On this day in history death of sidney Smith, British admiral (b. 1764)   

1864  Ch Sealsfield, writer, dies at 71 on May - 26.   

1868  Death of Michael Barrett, Irish nationalist, last British public execution on May - 26.   

1871  Aime Maillart, composer, dies at 54 on this day in history.   

1873  On this day in history august Conradi, composer, dies at 51   

1876  Frantisek Palacky, Czech historian/MP, dies at 77 on May - 26.   

1880  John Curwen, composer, dies at 63 on this day in history.   

1881  On May - 26 death of jakob Bernays, German philologist (b. 1824)   

1883  Abd el-Kader, Algerian sultan/religious ruler, dies at about 74 on May - 26.   

1891  Frederick Bowen Jewson, composer, dies at 67 on this day in history.   

1902  Death of Almon Strowger, American inventor (b. 1839) on this day in history.   

1904  Death of Georges Gilles de la Tourette, French neurologist (b. 1857) on May - 26.   

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

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 this day in history.   

1566  Mehmed III, Ottoman Emperor (d. 1603) was born on May - 26.   

1591  Dirck Janszoon Sweelinck, composer was born on this day in history.   

1602  Philippe de Champaigne, French painter (d. 1674) was born on May - 26.   

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)