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  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)  

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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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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 May - 26.  

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

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 May - 26.  

1667  On May - 26 birth of abraham De Moivre, French mathematician (De Moivre's theorem)  

1669  On this day in history birth of sébastien Vaillant, French botanist (d. 1722)