Famous Deaths 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 this day in history.  

0818  Death of Ali ar-Rida, Shia Imam (b. 766) on May - 26.  

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  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  Death of Vincent Voiture, French poet (b. 1597) on this day in history.  

1653  Death of Robert Filmer, English writer (b. 1588) on this day in history.  

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

1742  On this day in history 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  Death of Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten, German philosopher (b. 1714) on May - 26.  

1799  On this day in history 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  Michael A Barclay de Tolly, Russian fieldmarshal/War Minister, dies on this day in history.  

1824  On May - 26 death of capel Lofft, English writer (b. 1751)  

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

1832  Francois-Louis Perne, composer, dies at 59 on May - 26.  

1840  On May - 26 death of sidney Smith, British admiral (b. 1764)  

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

1868  On this day in history death of michael Barrett, Irish nationalist, last British public execution  

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

1873  On May - 26 august Conradi, composer, dies at 51  

1876  Frantisek Palacky, Czech historian/MP, dies at 77 on this day in history.  

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  On this day in history abd el-Kader, Algerian sultan/religious ruler, dies at about 74  

1891  Frederick Bowen Jewson, composer, dies at 67 on May - 26.  

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

1904  Death of Georges Gilles de la Tourette, French neurologist (b. 1857) on this day in history.  

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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 May - 26.  

1566  On this day in history birth of mehmed III, Ottoman Emperor (d. 1603)  

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

1602  Philippe de Champaigne, French painter (d. 1674) was born on this day in history.  

1667  Abraham De Moivre, French mathematician (De Moivre's theorem) was born on this day in history.  

1669  Sébastien Vaillant, French botanist (d. 1722) was born on May - 26.