Famous Deaths In May - 26
Wednesday, 04 October 2023
0604 Augustinus van Canterbury, bishop/apostle of England, dies (or 605) on this day in history.
0735 On this day in history beda Venerabilis, English speaking church historian, dies at about 62
0818 On this day in history death of ali ar-Rida, Shia Imam (b. 766)
1055 On May - 26 death of margrave Adalbert of Austria
1421 Mohammed I, sultan of Turkey (1413-21), dies on May - 26.
1512 On May - 26 bajezid II, governor of Amasja/8th sultan of Turkey, dies
1595 On May - 26 philippus Nerius, [Filippo Neri], Italian merchant/saint, dies at 79
1609 On this day in history death of cornelis Claesz, mapmaker, buried
1648 On this day in history death of vincent Voiture, French poet (b. 1597)
1653 On this day in history death of robert Filmer, English writer (b. 1588)
1679 On this day in history death of ferdinand Maria, Elector of Bavaria (b. 1636)
1685 On this day in history karel, monarch of Palts, dies
1703 On this day in history samuel Pepys, English marine expert (Diary)/composer, dies at 70
1742 Death of Pylyp Orlyk, Ukrainian Zaporozhian Cossack starshina, diplomat (b. 1672) on May - 26.
1753 On this day in history willem Maurits, earl of Nassau/gov of Zeeuws-Flanders, dies
1762 On May - 26 death of alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten, German philosopher (b. 1714)
1799 Death of James Burnett, Lord Monboddo, Scottish judge (b. 1714) on May - 26.
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 May - 26.
1832 On this day in history francois-Louis Perne, composer, dies at 59
1840 Death of Sidney Smith, British admiral (b. 1764) on this day in history.
1864 On this day in history ch Sealsfield, writer, dies at 71
1868 On this day in history death of michael Barrett, Irish nationalist, last British public execution
1871 Aime Maillart, composer, dies at 54 on May - 26.
1873 August Conradi, composer, dies at 51 on this day in history.
1876 Frantisek Palacky, Czech historian/MP, dies at 77 on this day in history.
1880 On May - 26 john Curwen, composer, dies at 63
1881 Death of Jakob Bernays, German philologist (b. 1824) on May - 26.
1883 Abd el-Kader, Algerian sultan/religious ruler, dies at about 74 on May - 26.
1891 Frederick Bowen Jewson, composer, dies at 67 on May - 26.
1902 Death of Almon Strowger, American inventor (b. 1839) on May - 26.
1904 Death of Georges Gilles de la Tourette, French neurologist (b. 1857) on this day in history.
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