Famous Deaths In May - 26
Tuesday, 19 March 2024
0604 On this day in history augustinus van Canterbury, bishop/apostle of England, dies (or 605)
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 On this day in history death of margrave Adalbert of Austria
1421 On May - 26 mohammed I, sultan of Turkey (1413-21), dies
1512 Bajezid II, governor of Amasja/8th sultan of Turkey, dies on this day in history.
1595 Philippus Nerius, [Filippo Neri], Italian merchant/saint, dies at 79 on May - 26.
1609 On May - 26 death of cornelis Claesz, mapmaker, buried
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 Death of Ferdinand Maria, Elector of Bavaria (b. 1636) on May - 26.
1685 On May - 26 karel, monarch of Palts, dies
1703 On May - 26 samuel Pepys, English marine expert (Diary)/composer, dies at 70
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 On this day in history death of alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten, German philosopher (b. 1714)
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 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 On May - 26 georg Hermes, German philosopher/theologist (Hermenianen), dies
1832 On May - 26 francois-Louis Perne, composer, dies at 59
1840 On this day in history death of sidney Smith, British admiral (b. 1764)
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 May - 26.
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 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 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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