Famous Deaths In May - 26

0604  Augustinus van Canterbury, bishop/apostle of England, dies (or 605) on May - 26.  

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  On May - 26 death of margrave Adalbert of Austria  

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  On May - 26 philippus Nerius, [Filippo Neri], Italian merchant/saint, dies at 79  

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

1648  On May - 26 death of vincent Voiture, French poet (b. 1597)  

1653  Death of Robert Filmer, English writer (b. 1588) on this day in history.  

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

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

1703  Samuel Pepys, English marine expert (Diary)/composer, dies at 70 on May - 26.  

1742  On this day in history 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 May - 26.  

1799  Death of James Burnett, Lord Monboddo, Scottish judge (b. 1714) on this day in history.  

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

1818  Michael A Barclay de Tolly, Russian fieldmarshal/War Minister, dies on this day in history.  

1824  Death of Capel Lofft, English writer (b. 1751) on this day in history.  

1831  On May - 26 georg Hermes, German philosopher/theologist (Hermenianen), dies  

1832  Francois-Louis Perne, composer, dies at 59 on May - 26.  

1840  Death of Sidney Smith, British admiral (b. 1764) on May - 26.  

1864  Ch Sealsfield, writer, dies at 71 on this day in history.  

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

1871  Aime Maillart, composer, dies at 54 on this day in history.  

1873  On May - 26 august Conradi, composer, dies at 51  

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

1880  John Curwen, composer, dies at 63 on May - 26.  

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  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 May - 26.  

1478  On this day in history 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 this day in history birth of mehmed III, Ottoman Emperor (d. 1603)  

1591  Dirck Janszoon Sweelinck, composer was born on May - 26.  

1602  Philippe de Champaigne, French painter (d. 1674) was born on this day in history.  

1667  On May - 26 birth of abraham De Moivre, French mathematician (De Moivre's theorem)  

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