Historical Events In May - 26

1781  On this day in history bank of North America incorporates in Philadelphia  

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 this day in history 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  Alexander S Pushkin, Russia, writer (Eugene Onegin) on this day in history.  

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

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

1805  On May - 26 napoleon Bonaparte crowned King of Italy  

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

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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 May - 26 henry Knox Thatcher, Comm (Union Navy), died in 1880  

1807  On May - 26 french forces take Danzig and defeat the Russians June 14 in the Battle of Friedland  

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

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

1824  On this day in history brazil is recognized by US  

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

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

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

1832  Francois-Louis Perne, composer, dies at 59 on May - 26.  

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  On this day in history christine [Elizabeth C] Poolman, Dutch actress (Stupid force)  

1853  Monroe A Althouse, composer on this day in history.  

1856  George Templeton Strong, composer on May - 26.  

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

1860  Garibaldi occupies Palermo Italy on May - 26.  

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

1861  Union blockades New Orleans LA & Mobile AL on this day in history.  

1861  Postmaster General Blair announces end of postal connection with South on this day in history.  

1864  On May - 26 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  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  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  Abraham De Moivre, French mathematician (De Moivre's theorem) was born on this day in history.  

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

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

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

0818  On this day in history death of ali ar-Rida, Shia Imam (b. 766)  

1055  On this day in history death of margrave Adalbert of Austria  

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  On this day in history philippus Nerius, [Filippo Neri], Italian merchant/saint, dies at 79  

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