Famous Deaths Happened 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 this day in history.   

1055  Death of Margrave Adalbert of Austria on this day in history.   

1421  Mohammed I, sultan of Turkey (1413-21), dies on this day in history.   

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

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

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

1679  On May - 26 death of ferdinand Maria, Elector of Bavaria (b. 1636)   

1685  Karel, monarch of Palts, dies on May - 26.   

1703  On May - 26 samuel Pepys, English marine expert (Diary)/composer, dies at 70   

1742  On this day in history death of pylyp Orlyk, Ukrainian Zaporozhian Cossack starshina, diplomat (b. 1672)   

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 May - 26.   

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

1814  On May - 26 death of joseph-Ignace Guillotin, officially named the Guillotine (b. 1789)   

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 May - 26.   

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

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

1868  On May - 26 death of michael Barrett, Irish nationalist, last British public execution   

1871  Aime Maillart, composer, dies at 54 on May - 26.   

1873  August Conradi, composer, dies at 51 on this day in history.   

1876  On May - 26 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 this day in history.   

1883  Abd el-Kader, Algerian sultan/religious ruler, dies at about 74 on this day in history.   

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

1902  On this day in history 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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1264  Prince Koreyasu, Japanese shogun (d. 1326) was born on May - 26.   

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

1566  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1602  Philippe de Champaigne, French painter (d. 1674) was born on May - 26.   

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)