Page 2: Historical Events In May - 26

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

1782  On this day in history joseph Drechsler, composer   

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  On this day in history british kill about 500 Irish insurgents at the Battle of Tara   

1799  On this day in history alexander S Pushkin, Russia, writer (Eugene Onegin)   

1805  On this day in history lewis & Clark first see Rocky Mountains   

1805  Napolean Bonaparte is crowned King of Italy on May - 26.   

1805  Napoleon Bonaparte crowned King of Italy on May - 26.   

1805  On May - 26 napoleon is crowned king of Italy   

1805  On this day in history 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  Lewis & Clark 1st see Rocky Mountains on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1818  Michael A Barclay de Tolly, Russian fieldmarshal/War Minister, dies on May - 26.   

1822  On May - 26 e de Goncourt, writer   

1824  On this day in history brazil is recognized by US   

1825  On May - 26 felipe Gutierrez y Espinoza, composer   

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

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

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

1834  On May - 26 portuguese Civil war ends, Dom Miguel capitulates   

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

1846  Arthur Coquard, composer on this day in history.   

1850  On May - 26 christine [Elizabeth C] Poolman, Dutch actress (Stupid force)   

1853  On May - 26 monroe A Althouse, composer   

1856  George Templeton Strong, composer on this day in history.   

1859  On May - 26 alfred Edward Housman, Bromsgrove England, poet (A Buried Life)   

1860  Garibaldi occupies Palermo Italy on May - 26.   

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

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

1861  On this day in history postmaster General Blair announces end of postal connection with South   

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

1864  On this day in history territory of Montana is formed   

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

1478  Clement VII, [Giulio de' Medici], Italy, Pope (1523-34) was born on May - 26.   

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

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  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 this day in history.   

1669  On this day in history 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 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 May - 26.   

1055  Death of Margrave Adalbert of Austria on this day in history.   

1421  Mohammed I, sultan of Turkey (1413-21), dies on this day in history.   

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 May - 26.   

1609  On May - 26 death of cornelis Claesz, mapmaker, buried