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 May - 26.  

0818  On May - 26 death of ali ar-Rida, Shia Imam (b. 766)  

1055  Death of Margrave Adalbert of Austria on this day in history.  

1421  Mohammed I, sultan of Turkey (1413-21), dies on May - 26.  

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  On May - 26 death of cornelis Claesz, mapmaker, buried  

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)  

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

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

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

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

1753  Willem Maurits, earl of Nassau/gov of Zeeuws-Flanders, dies on May - 26.  

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

1799  Death of James Burnett, Lord Monboddo, Scottish judge (b. 1714) on May - 26.  

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

1832  On May - 26 francois-Louis Perne, composer, dies at 59  

1840  Death of Sidney Smith, British admiral (b. 1764) on this day in history.  

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

1876  On May - 26 frantisek Palacky, Czech historian/MP, dies at 77  

1880  On May - 26 john Curwen, composer, dies at 63  

1881  Death of Jakob Bernays, German philologist (b. 1824) on May - 26.  

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 this day in history.  

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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1264  Prince Koreyasu, Japanese shogun (d. 1326) was born on May - 26.  

1478  On this day in history birth of clement VII, [Giulio de' Medici], Italy, Pope (1523-34)  

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

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

1591  Dirck Janszoon Sweelinck, composer was born on May - 26.  

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  On this day in history birth of sébastien Vaillant, French botanist (d. 1722)