Famous Deaths In May - 26
Monday, 18 January 2021
0604 On May - 26 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 Death of Margrave Adalbert of Austria on May - 26.
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 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 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 this day in history.
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 May - 26.
1753 On this day in history 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 Death of James Burnett, Lord Monboddo, Scottish judge (b. 1714) on this day in history.
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 On May - 26 death of capel Lofft, English writer (b. 1751)
1831 On May - 26 georg Hermes, German philosopher/theologist (Hermenianen), dies
1832 Francois-Louis Perne, composer, dies at 59 on this day in history.
1840 On May - 26 death of sidney Smith, British admiral (b. 1764)
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 May - 26 aime Maillart, composer, dies at 54
1873 August Conradi, composer, dies at 51 on May - 26.
1876 Frantisek Palacky, Czech historian/MP, dies at 77 on this day in history.
1880 John Curwen, composer, dies at 63 on this day in history.
1881 On May - 26 death of jakob Bernays, German philologist (b. 1824)
1883 Abd el-Kader, Algerian sultan/religious ruler, dies at about 74 on this day in history.
1891 On this day in history frederick Bowen Jewson, composer, dies at 67
1902 Death of Almon Strowger, American inventor (b. 1839) on May - 26.
1904 On this day in history death of georges Gilles de la Tourette, French neurologist (b. 1857)
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