Famous Deaths In May - 26

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  Death of Ali ar-Rida, Shia Imam (b. 766) on this day in history.  

1055  Death of Margrave Adalbert of Austria on May - 26.  

1421  On May - 26 mohammed I, sultan of Turkey (1413-21), dies  

1512  On May - 26 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  On this day in history death of cornelis Claesz, mapmaker, buried  

1648  Death of Vincent Voiture, French poet (b. 1597) on May - 26.  

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

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1679  On this day in history death of ferdinand Maria, Elector of Bavaria (b. 1636)  

1685  Karel, monarch of Palts, dies on this day in history.  

1703  Samuel Pepys, English marine expert (Diary)/composer, dies at 70 on May - 26.  

1742  On this day in history death of pylyp Orlyk, Ukrainian Zaporozhian Cossack starshina, diplomat (b. 1672)  

1753  Willem Maurits, earl of Nassau/gov of Zeeuws-Flanders, dies on May - 26.  

1762  On this day in history 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  Death of Joseph-Ignace Guillotin, officially named the Guillotine (b. 1789) on this day in history.  

1818  On this day in history michael A Barclay de Tolly, Russian fieldmarshal/War Minister, dies  

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

1831  Georg Hermes, German philosopher/theologist (Hermenianen), dies on this day in history.  

1832  On this day in history francois-Louis Perne, composer, dies at 59  

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 this day in history 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 May - 26.  

1881  Death of Jakob Bernays, German philologist (b. 1824) on May - 26.  

1883  On May - 26 abd el-Kader, Algerian sultan/religious ruler, dies at about 74  

1891  Frederick Bowen Jewson, composer, dies at 67 on May - 26.  

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 this day in history.  

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1264  On May - 26 birth of prince Koreyasu, Japanese shogun (d. 1326)  

1478  Clement VII, [Giulio de' Medici], Italy, Pope (1523-34) was born on this day in history.  

1566  Mohammed III, sultan of Turkey (1595-1603) was born on this day in history.  

1566  On this day in history birth of mehmed III, Ottoman Emperor (d. 1603)  

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

1602  On this day in history birth of philippe de Champaigne, French painter (d. 1674)  

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.