Famous Deaths In May - 26
Wednesday, 22 March 2023
0604 Augustinus van Canterbury, bishop/apostle of England, dies (or 605) on this day in history.
0735 Beda Venerabilis, English speaking church historian, dies at about 62 on this day in history.
0818 On May - 26 death of ali ar-Rida, Shia Imam (b. 766)
1055 Death of Margrave Adalbert of Austria on May - 26.
1421 Mohammed I, sultan of Turkey (1413-21), dies on May - 26.
1512 On May - 26 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 this day in history.
1648 Death of Vincent Voiture, French poet (b. 1597) on May - 26.
1653 Death of Robert Filmer, English writer (b. 1588) on this day in history.
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 On May - 26 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 May - 26 willem Maurits, earl of Nassau/gov of Zeeuws-Flanders, dies
1762 Death of Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten, German philosopher (b. 1714) on this day in history.
1799 On this day in history 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 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 May - 26 francois-Louis Perne, composer, dies at 59
1840 On this day in history death of sidney Smith, British admiral (b. 1764)
1864 On this day in history ch Sealsfield, writer, dies at 71
1868 On May - 26 death of michael Barrett, Irish nationalist, last British public execution
1871 Aime Maillart, composer, dies at 54 on this day in history.
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 John Curwen, composer, dies at 63 on this day in history.
1881 On this day in history death of jakob Bernays, German philologist (b. 1824)
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 On May - 26 death of almon Strowger, American inventor (b. 1839)
1904 Death of Georges Gilles de la Tourette, French neurologist (b. 1857) on May - 26.
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