Famous Deaths In May - 26

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 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 May - 26.  

1421  Mohammed I, sultan of Turkey (1413-21), dies on this day in history.  

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  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  Death of Robert Filmer, English writer (b. 1588) on May - 26.  

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

1685  On May - 26 karel, monarch of Palts, dies  

1703  Samuel Pepys, English marine expert (Diary)/composer, dies at 70 on this day in history.  

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

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

1762  On this day in history death of alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten, German philosopher (b. 1714)  

1799  On May - 26 death of james Burnett, Lord Monboddo, Scottish judge (b. 1714)  

1814  On May - 26 death of joseph-Ignace Guillotin, officially named the Guillotine (b. 1789)  

1818  On May - 26 michael A Barclay de Tolly, Russian fieldmarshal/War Minister, dies  

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

1831  On May - 26 georg Hermes, German philosopher/theologist (Hermenianen), dies  

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 May - 26 ch Sealsfield, writer, dies at 71  

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

1871  On this day in history aime Maillart, composer, dies at 54  

1873  August Conradi, composer, dies at 51 on May - 26.  

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

1880  John Curwen, composer, dies at 63 on May - 26.  

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 May - 26 frederick Bowen Jewson, composer, dies at 67  

1902  On this day in history death of almon Strowger, American inventor (b. 1839)  

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 May - 26.  

1566  On this day in history birth of mohammed III, sultan of Turkey (1595-1603)  

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

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

1602  On May - 26 birth of philippe de Champaigne, French painter (d. 1674)  

1667  Abraham De Moivre, French mathematician (De Moivre's theorem) was born on May - 26.  

1669  Sébastien Vaillant, French botanist (d. 1722) was born on this day in history.