Famous Deaths 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  On this day in history death of ali ar-Rida, Shia Imam (b. 766)  

1055  On May - 26 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 May - 26.  

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

1609  Death of Cornelis Claesz, mapmaker, buried on this day in history.  

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 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 May - 26.  

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 May - 26.  

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

1814  On this day in history 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  On this day in history death of capel Lofft, English writer (b. 1751)  

1831  Georg Hermes, German philosopher/theologist (Hermenianen), dies on May - 26.  

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

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

1864  On May - 26 ch Sealsfield, writer, dies at 71  

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 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 this day in history.  

1883  On this day in history abd el-Kader, Algerian sultan/religious ruler, dies at about 74  

1891  On May - 26 frederick Bowen Jewson, composer, dies at 67  

1902  Death of Almon Strowger, American inventor (b. 1839) on May - 26.  

1904  On this day in history 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  On May - 26 birth of clement VII, [Giulio de' Medici], Italy, Pope (1523-34)  

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  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  On May - 26 birth of sébastien Vaillant, French botanist (d. 1722)