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

1055  Death of Margrave Adalbert of Austria on May - 26.  

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 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)  

1679  Death of Ferdinand Maria, Elector of Bavaria (b. 1636) on this day in history.  

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  On May - 26 michael A Barclay de Tolly, Russian fieldmarshal/War Minister, dies  

1824  Death of Capel Lofft, English writer (b. 1751) on May - 26.  

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

1864  On May - 26 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  Death of Jakob Bernays, German philologist (b. 1824) on May - 26.  

1883  Abd el-Kader, Algerian sultan/religious ruler, dies at about 74 on May - 26.  

1891  On this day in history frederick Bowen Jewson, composer, dies at 67  

1902  On May - 26 death of almon Strowger, American inventor (b. 1839)  

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

1566  On May - 26 birth of mehmed III, Ottoman Emperor (d. 1603)  

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

1602  On May - 26 birth of philippe de Champaigne, French painter (d. 1674)  

1667  On this day in history birth of abraham De Moivre, French mathematician (De Moivre's theorem)  

1669  On May - 26 birth of sébastien Vaillant, French botanist (d. 1722)