Famous Deaths In May - 26

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

0735  Beda Venerabilis, English speaking church historian, dies at about 62 on May - 26.  

0818  Death of Ali ar-Rida, Shia Imam (b. 766) on this day in history.  

1055  On May - 26 death of margrave Adalbert of Austria  

1421  On this day in history mohammed I, sultan of Turkey (1413-21), dies  

1512  On May - 26 bajezid II, governor of Amasja/8th sultan of Turkey, dies  

1595  On this day in history philippus Nerius, [Filippo Neri], Italian merchant/saint, dies at 79  

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

1648  Death of Vincent Voiture, French poet (b. 1597) on this day in history.  

1653  Death of Robert Filmer, English writer (b. 1588) on May - 26.  

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1679  On May - 26 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  On this day in history death of alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten, German philosopher (b. 1714)  

1799  On this day in history 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  On May - 26 michael A Barclay de Tolly, Russian fieldmarshal/War Minister, dies  

1824  On May - 26 death of capel Lofft, English writer (b. 1751)  

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

1880  John Curwen, composer, dies at 63 on this day in history.  

1881  On May - 26 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  On May - 26 frederick Bowen Jewson, composer, dies at 67  

1902  Death of Almon Strowger, American inventor (b. 1839) on May - 26.  

1904  Death of Georges Gilles de la Tourette, French neurologist (b. 1857) on May - 26.  

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1264  On May - 26 birth of prince Koreyasu, Japanese shogun (d. 1326)  

1478  On this day in history 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  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  On May - 26 birth of abraham De Moivre, French mathematician (De Moivre's theorem)  

1669  Sébastien Vaillant, French botanist (d. 1722) was born on this day in history.