Famous Deaths Happened In May - 26

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

1055  On this day in history death of margrave Adalbert of Austria   

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  Philippus Nerius, [Filippo Neri], Italian merchant/saint, dies at 79 on May - 26.   

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

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

1653  On this day in history death of robert Filmer, English writer (b. 1588)   

1679  Death of Ferdinand Maria, Elector of Bavaria (b. 1636) on this day in history.   

1685  On this day in history karel, monarch of Palts, dies   

1703  Samuel Pepys, English marine expert (Diary)/composer, dies at 70 on May - 26.   

1742  On May - 26 death of pylyp Orlyk, Ukrainian Zaporozhian Cossack starshina, diplomat (b. 1672)   

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  On May - 26 death of james Burnett, Lord Monboddo, Scottish judge (b. 1714)   

1814  Death of Joseph-Ignace Guillotin, officially named the Guillotine (b. 1789) on May - 26.   

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  On May - 26 georg Hermes, German philosopher/theologist (Hermenianen), dies   

1832  Francois-Louis Perne, composer, dies at 59 on this day in history.   

1840  Death of Sidney Smith, British admiral (b. 1764) on May - 26.   

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

1868  Death of Michael Barrett, Irish nationalist, last British public execution on this day in history.   

1871  On May - 26 aime Maillart, composer, dies at 54   

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  On May - 26 john Curwen, composer, dies at 63   

1881  Death of Jakob Bernays, German philologist (b. 1824) on this day in history.   

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

1891  On this day in history frederick Bowen Jewson, composer, dies at 67   

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

1904  On May - 26 death of georges Gilles de la Tourette, French neurologist (b. 1857)   

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

1478  Clement VII, [Giulio de' Medici], Italy, Pope (1523-34) was born on this day in history.   

1566  Mohammed III, sultan of Turkey (1595-1603) was born on this day in history.   

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)