Famous Deaths Happened 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  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  On May - 26 mohammed I, sultan of Turkey (1413-21), dies   

1512  On this day in history bajezid II, governor of Amasja/8th sultan of Turkey, dies   

1595  Philippus Nerius, [Filippo Neri], Italian merchant/saint, dies at 79 on this day in history.   

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

1648  Death of Vincent Voiture, French poet (b. 1597) on May - 26.   

1653  Death of Robert Filmer, English writer (b. 1588) on May - 26.   

1679  On this day in history death of ferdinand Maria, Elector of Bavaria (b. 1636)   

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

1703  On this day in history samuel Pepys, English marine expert (Diary)/composer, dies at 70   

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

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

1814  Death of Joseph-Ignace Guillotin, officially named the Guillotine (b. 1789) on this day in history.   

1818  On this day in history michael A Barclay de Tolly, Russian fieldmarshal/War Minister, dies   

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

1831  On this day in history 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  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  Aime Maillart, composer, dies at 54 on May - 26.   

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

1876  On this day in history frantisek Palacky, Czech historian/MP, dies at 77   

1880  On this day in history 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  Frederick Bowen Jewson, composer, dies at 67 on May - 26.   

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

1904  Death of Georges Gilles de la Tourette, French neurologist (b. 1857) on May - 26.   

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1264  Prince Koreyasu, Japanese shogun (d. 1326) was born on this day in history.   

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

1566  On May - 26 birth of mohammed III, sultan of Turkey (1595-1603)   

1566  Mehmed III, Ottoman Emperor (d. 1603) was born on this day in history.   

1591  On May - 26 birth of dirck Janszoon Sweelinck, composer   

1602  On this day in history 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 May - 26.