Page 2: 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 this day in history 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  On May - 26 british kill about 500 Irish insurgents at the Battle of Tara   

1799  Alexander S Pushkin, Russia, writer (Eugene Onegin) on May - 26.   

1805  Lewis & Clark first see Rocky Mountains on May - 26.   

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

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

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

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 May - 26.   

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

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 this day in history.   

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

1824  On this day in history brazil is recognized by US   

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

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  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  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 this day in history alfred Edward Housman, Bromsgrove England, poet (A Buried Life)   

1860  On this day in history garibaldi occupies Palermo Italy   

1861  On this day in history 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 May - 26.   

1864  On May - 26 skirmish along the Totopotomoy Creek VA   

1864  Territory of Montana is formed 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  Mohammed III, sultan of Turkey (1595-1603) was born on this day in history.   

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

1667  On May - 26 birth of abraham De Moivre, French mathematician (De Moivre's theorem)   

1669  Sébastien Vaillant, French botanist (d. 1722) was born on May - 26.   

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

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 May - 26.   

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

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  On May - 26 philippus Nerius, [Filippo Neri], Italian merchant/saint, dies at 79   

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