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  On this day in history death of ali ar-Rida, Shia Imam (b. 766)  

1055  On May - 26 death of margrave Adalbert of Austria  

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

1512  On May - 26 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  On this day in history death of cornelis Claesz, mapmaker, buried  

1648  On this day in history death of vincent Voiture, French poet (b. 1597)  

1653  On this day in history death of robert Filmer, English writer (b. 1588)  

1679  On this day in history death of ferdinand Maria, Elector of Bavaria (b. 1636)  

1685  On this day in history karel, monarch of Palts, dies  

1703  On this day in history samuel Pepys, English marine expert (Diary)/composer, dies at 70  

1742  Death of Pylyp Orlyk, Ukrainian Zaporozhian Cossack starshina, diplomat (b. 1672) on May - 26.  

1753  On this day in history willem Maurits, earl of Nassau/gov of Zeeuws-Flanders, dies  

1762  On May - 26 death of alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten, German philosopher (b. 1714)  

1799  Death of James Burnett, Lord Monboddo, Scottish judge (b. 1714) on May - 26.  

1814  On this day in history death of joseph-Ignace Guillotin, officially named the Guillotine (b. 1789)  

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

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

1831  Georg Hermes, German philosopher/theologist (Hermenianen), dies on May - 26.  

1832  On this day in history francois-Louis Perne, composer, dies at 59  

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 this day in history 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  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  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  Death of Almon Strowger, American inventor (b. 1839) on May - 26.  

1904  Death of Georges Gilles de la Tourette, French neurologist (b. 1857) on this day in history.  

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

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

1591  On this day in history birth of dirck Janszoon Sweelinck, composer  

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

1667  Abraham De Moivre, French mathematician (De Moivre's theorem) was born on May - 26.  

1669  On this day in history birth of sébastien Vaillant, French botanist (d. 1722)