Page 2: Historical Events In May - 26

1781  On May - 26 bank of North America incorporates in Philadelphia   

1782  On May - 26 joseph Drechsler, composer   

1788  Mary Clark of England gives birth to a baby without a brain on May - 26.   

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 May - 26.   

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

1805  Lewis & Clark first see Rocky Mountains on this day in history.   

1805  On this day in history napolean Bonaparte is crowned King of Italy   

1805  On May - 26 napoleon Bonaparte crowned King of Italy   

1805  On May - 26 napoleon is crowned king of Italy   

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  On this day in history henry Knox Thatcher, Comm (Union Navy), died in 1880   

1807  French forces take Danzig and defeat the Russians June 14 in the Battle of Friedland on this day in history.   

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

1822  On May - 26 e de Goncourt, writer   

1824  On this day in history brazil is recognized by US   

1825  On this day in history felipe Gutierrez y Espinoza, composer   

1828  On May - 26 mysterious feral child Kaspar Hauser is discovered wandering the streets of Nuremberg.   

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 this day in history.   

1835  Edward Porter Alexander, Brig General (Confederate Army) on this day in history.   

1846  Arthur Coquard, composer on this day in history.   

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

1853  Monroe A Althouse, composer on May - 26.   

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  On May - 26 postmaster General Blair announces end of postal connection with the South   

1861  On this day in history union blockades New Orleans LA & Mobile AL   

1861  On May - 26 postmaster General Blair announces end of postal connection with South   

1864  Skirmish along the Totopotomoy Creek VA on this day in history.   

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

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1264  Prince Koreyasu, Japanese shogun (d. 1326) was born on this day in history.   

1478  On May - 26 birth of clement VII, [Giulio de' Medici], Italy, Pope (1523-34)   

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

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

1591  On May - 26 birth of dirck Janszoon Sweelinck, composer   

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

1667  Abraham De Moivre, French mathematician (De Moivre's theorem) was born on this day in history.   

1669  Sébastien Vaillant, French botanist (d. 1722) was born on this day in history.   

0604  Augustinus van Canterbury, bishop/apostle of England, dies (or 605) on May - 26.   

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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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