Famous Deaths In May - 26

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

0735  Beda Venerabilis, English speaking church historian, dies at about 62 on this day in history.  

0818  On May - 26 death of ali ar-Rida, Shia Imam (b. 766)  

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

1421  Mohammed I, sultan of Turkey (1413-21), dies on May - 26.  

1512  On May - 26 bajezid II, governor of Amasja/8th sultan of Turkey, dies  

1595  Philippus Nerius, [Filippo Neri], Italian merchant/saint, dies at 79 on this day in history.  

1609  Death of Cornelis Claesz, mapmaker, buried on this day in history.  

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.  

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

1685  On this day in history karel, monarch of Palts, dies  

1703  On May - 26 samuel Pepys, English marine expert (Diary)/composer, dies at 70  

1742  On May - 26 death of pylyp Orlyk, Ukrainian Zaporozhian Cossack starshina, diplomat (b. 1672)  

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 this day in history death of joseph-Ignace Guillotin, officially named the Guillotine (b. 1789)  

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

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

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

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

1840  On this day in history death of sidney Smith, British admiral (b. 1764)  

1864  On this day in history ch Sealsfield, writer, dies at 71  

1868  On May - 26 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 this day in history.  

1881  On this day in history death of jakob Bernays, German philologist (b. 1824)  

1883  On this day in history abd el-Kader, Algerian sultan/religious ruler, dies at about 74  

1891  Frederick Bowen Jewson, composer, dies at 67 on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

1566  On this day in history birth of mohammed III, sultan of Turkey (1595-1603)  

1566  On May - 26 birth of mehmed III, Ottoman Emperor (d. 1603)  

1591  Dirck Janszoon Sweelinck, composer was born on this day in history.  

1602  On this day in history 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  On May - 26 birth of sébastien Vaillant, French botanist (d. 1722)