Famous Deaths In May - 26

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  On May - 26 death of ali ar-Rida, Shia Imam (b. 766)  

1055  On May - 26 death of margrave Adalbert of Austria  

1421  On May - 26 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  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 this day in history death of vincent Voiture, French poet (b. 1597)  

1653  Death of Robert Filmer, English writer (b. 1588) on this day in history.  

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1679  On May - 26 death of ferdinand Maria, Elector of Bavaria (b. 1636)  

1685  Karel, monarch of Palts, dies on May - 26.  

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 this day in history.  

1753  On May - 26 willem Maurits, earl of Nassau/gov of Zeeuws-Flanders, dies  

1762  Death of Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten, German philosopher (b. 1714) on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

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

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

1832  On May - 26 francois-Louis Perne, composer, dies at 59  

1840  Death of Sidney Smith, British admiral (b. 1764) on May - 26.  

1864  Ch Sealsfield, writer, dies at 71 on May - 26.  

1868  On this day in history death of michael Barrett, Irish nationalist, last British public execution  

1871  On this day in history aime Maillart, composer, dies at 54  

1873  On May - 26 august Conradi, composer, dies at 51  

1876  On May - 26 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 this day in history.  

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

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

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1264  Prince Koreyasu, Japanese shogun (d. 1326) was born on this day in history.  

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

1566  On this day in history 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  On May - 26 birth of philippe de Champaigne, French painter (d. 1674)  

1667  On this day in history birth of abraham De Moivre, French mathematician (De Moivre's theorem)  

1669  Sébastien Vaillant, French botanist (d. 1722) was born on May - 26.