Historical Events In May - 26

1781  Bank of North America incorporates in Philadelphia on this day in history.  

1782  Joseph Drechsler, composer on May - 26.  

1788  On May - 26 mary Clark of England gives birth to a baby without a brain  

1790  On May - 26 territory South of River Ohio created by Congress  

1798  British kill about 500 Irish insurgents at the Battle of Tara on this day in history.  

1799  On May - 26 alexander S Pushkin, Russia, writer (Eugene Onegin)  

1805  On May - 26 lewis & Clark first see Rocky Mountains  

1805  On May - 26 napolean Bonaparte is crowned King of Italy  

1805  Napoleon Bonaparte crowned King of Italy on this day in history.  

1805  Napoleon is crowned king of Italy on May - 26.  

1805  On May - 26 the emperor Napoleon crowns himself with the old iron crown of the Lombard kings May 26 in the cathedral at Milan, he appoints his stepson Eugène Beauharnais viceroy June 7, but a Third Coalition mobilizes against him; Austria, Russia, and Sweden make alliances with Britain, while Napoleon gains support from Spain, Bavaria, Württemberg, Baden, Hesse, and Nassau  

1805  On May - 26 lewis & Clark 1st see Rocky Mountains  

1806  Henry Knox Thatcher, Comm (Union Navy), died in 1880 on May - 26.  

1807  French forces take Danzig and defeat the Russians June 14 in the Battle of Friedland on May - 26.  

1818  On May - 26 michael A Barclay de Tolly, Russian fieldmarshal/War Minister, dies  

1822  E de Goncourt, writer on this day in history.  

1824  Brazil is recognized by US on May - 26.  

1825  Felipe Gutierrez y Espinoza, composer on May - 26.  

1828  Mysterious feral child Kaspar Hauser is discovered wandering the streets of Nuremberg on this day in history.  

1831  On May - 26 georg Hermes, German philosopher/theologist (Hermenianen), dies  

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

1834  Portuguese Civil war ends, Dom Miguel capitulates on May - 26.  

1835  On this day in history edward Porter Alexander, Brig General (Confederate Army)  

1846  On May - 26 arthur Coquard, composer  

1850  Christine [Elizabeth C] Poolman, Dutch actress (Stupid force) on May - 26.  

1853  On May - 26 monroe A Althouse, composer  

1856  On May - 26 george Templeton Strong, composer  

1859  Alfred Edward Housman, Bromsgrove England, poet (A Buried Life) on this day in history.  

1860  On this day in history garibaldi occupies Palermo Italy  

1861  Postmaster General Blair announces end of postal connection with the South on May - 26.  

1861  On May - 26 union blockades New Orleans LA & Mobile AL  

1861  Postmaster General Blair announces end of postal connection with South on May - 26.  

1864  On this day in history skirmish along the Totopotomoy Creek VA  

1864  Territory of Montana is formed on this day in history.  

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

1478  On this day in history birth of clement VII, [Giulio de' Medici], Italy, Pope (1523-34)  

1566  On May - 26 birth of mohammed III, sultan of Turkey (1595-1603)  

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

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  Abraham De Moivre, French mathematician (De Moivre's theorem) was born on May - 26.  

1669  On May - 26 birth of sébastien Vaillant, French botanist (d. 1722)  

0604  On this day in history augustinus van Canterbury, bishop/apostle of England, dies (or 605)  

0735  On May - 26 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  On May - 26 death of margrave Adalbert of Austria  

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

1512  Bajezid II, governor of Amasja/8th sultan of Turkey, dies on May - 26.  

1595  Philippus Nerius, [Filippo Neri], Italian merchant/saint, dies at 79 on May - 26.  

1609  Death of Cornelis Claesz, mapmaker, buried on May - 26.