Famous Deaths Happened In May - 26

0604  On May - 26 augustinus van Canterbury, bishop/apostle of England, dies (or 605)   

0735  On May - 26 beda Venerabilis, English speaking church historian, dies at about 62   

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

1055  On this day in history death of margrave Adalbert of Austria   

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

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 May - 26.   

1609  On this day in history death of cornelis Claesz, mapmaker, buried   

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

1653  On May - 26 death of robert Filmer, English writer (b. 1588)   

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

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

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  On this day in history 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  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 May - 26.   

1818  Michael A Barclay de Tolly, Russian fieldmarshal/War Minister, dies on May - 26.   

1824  On this day in history death of capel Lofft, English writer (b. 1751)   

1831  Georg Hermes, German philosopher/theologist (Hermenianen), dies on this day in history.   

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 this day in history ch Sealsfield, writer, dies at 71   

1868  Death of Michael Barrett, Irish nationalist, last British public execution on May - 26.   

1871  On this day in history aime Maillart, composer, dies at 54   

1873  On this day in history august Conradi, composer, dies at 51   

1876  Frantisek Palacky, Czech historian/MP, dies at 77 on this day in history.   

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

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

1883  On May - 26 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 this day in history death of almon Strowger, American inventor (b. 1839)   

1904  On May - 26 death of georges Gilles de la Tourette, French neurologist (b. 1857)   

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

1478  Clement VII, [Giulio de' Medici], Italy, Pope (1523-34) was born on this day in history.   

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

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)