Famous Deaths In May - 26

0604  Augustinus van Canterbury, bishop/apostle of England, dies (or 605) on this day in history.   

0735  On May - 26 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 this day in history.   

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

1512  On this day in history 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  Death of Cornelis Claesz, mapmaker, buried on May - 26.   

1648  On this day in history 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  On this day in history karel, monarch of Palts, dies   

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

1824  Death of Capel Lofft, English writer (b. 1751) on this day in history.   

1831  On this day in history georg Hermes, German philosopher/theologist (Hermenianen), dies   

1832  Francois-Louis Perne, composer, dies at 59 on May - 26.   

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  Death of Michael Barrett, Irish nationalist, last British public execution on May - 26.   

1871  Aime Maillart, composer, dies at 54 on this day in history.   

1873  On this day in history august Conradi, composer, dies at 51   

1876  On May - 26 frantisek Palacky, Czech historian/MP, dies at 77   

1880  On this day in history john Curwen, composer, dies at 63   

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

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1264  On this day in history birth of prince Koreyasu, Japanese shogun (d. 1326)   

1478  Clement VII, [Giulio de' Medici], Italy, Pope (1523-34) was born on May - 26.   

1566  Mohammed III, sultan of Turkey (1595-1603) was born on May - 26.   

1566  Mehmed III, Ottoman Emperor (d. 1603) was born on this day in history.   

1591  Dirck Janszoon Sweelinck, composer was born on May - 26.   

1602  Philippe de Champaigne, French painter (d. 1674) was born on this day in history.   

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 May - 26.