Famous Deaths In May - 26
Friday, 19 August 2022
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 May - 26.
1055 Death of Margrave Adalbert of Austria on May - 26.
1421 On this day in history 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 this day in history death of robert Filmer, English writer (b. 1588)
1679 Death of Ferdinand Maria, Elector of Bavaria (b. 1636) on this day in history.
1685 Karel, monarch of Palts, dies on May - 26.
1703 Samuel Pepys, English marine expert (Diary)/composer, dies at 70 on this day in history.
1742 Death of Pylyp Orlyk, Ukrainian Zaporozhian Cossack starshina, diplomat (b. 1672) on this day in history.
1753 Willem Maurits, earl of Nassau/gov of Zeeuws-Flanders, dies on May - 26.
1762 Death of Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten, German philosopher (b. 1714) on this day in history.
1799 Death of James Burnett, Lord Monboddo, Scottish judge (b. 1714) on May - 26.
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 Death of Capel Lofft, English writer (b. 1751) on May - 26.
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 May - 26 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 On this day in history 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 May - 26.
1883 Abd el-Kader, Algerian sultan/religious ruler, dies at about 74 on May - 26.
1891 On this day in history frederick Bowen Jewson, composer, dies at 67
1902 On May - 26 death of almon Strowger, American inventor (b. 1839)
1904 On this day in history death of georges Gilles de la Tourette, French neurologist (b. 1857)
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