Page 2: Historical Events In May - 26

1782  Joseph Drechsler, composer   

1788  Mary Clark of England gives birth to a baby without a brain   

1790  Territory South of River Ohio created by Congress.   

1798  British kill about 500 Irish insurgents at the Battle of Tara   

1799  Alexander S Pushkin, Russia, writer (Eugene Onegin)   

1805  Lewis and Clark inaugural see Rocky Mountains   

1805  Napolean Bonaparte is crowned King of Italy   

1805  Napoleon Bonaparte crowned King of Italy   

1805  Napoleon is crowned king of Italy.   

1805  Lewis and Clark 1st see Rocky Mountains   

1806  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.   

1818  Michael A Barclay de Tolly, Russian fieldmarshal/War Minister, dies.   

1822  E de Goncourt, writer   

1824  Brazil is recognized by US.   

1825  Felipe Gutierrez y Espinoza, composer   

1828  Mysterious feral child Kaspar Hauser is discovered wandering the streets of Nuremberg   

1831  Georg Hermes, German philosopher/theologist (Hermenianen), dies.   

1832  Francois-Louis Perne, composer, dies at 59   

1834  Portuguese Civil war ends, Dom Miguel capitulates.   

1835  Edward Porter Alexander, Brig General (Confederate Army).   

1846  Arthur Coquard, composer.   

1850  Christine [Elizabeth C] Poolman, Dutch actress (Stupid force).   

1853  Monroe A Althouse, composer.   

1856  George Templeton Strong, composer   

1859  Alfred Edward Housman, Bromsgrove England, poet (A Buried Life).   

1860  Garibaldi occupies Palermo Italy   

1861  Postmaster General Blair announces end of postal connection with the South   

1861  Union blockades New Orleans LA and Mobile AL   

1861  Postmaster General Blair announces end of postal connection with South.   

1864  Skirmish along the Totopotomoy Creek VA.   

1864  Territory of Montana is formed.   

1864  -30] Skirmish along the Totopotomoy Creek, Virginia.   

1864  Ch Sealsfield, writer, dies at 71.   

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1264  Prince Koreyasu, Japanese shogun (d. 1326) was born on May - 26.   

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

1566  On this day in history 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  Philippe de Champaigne, French painter (d. 1674) was born on May - 26.   

1667  On this day in history birth of abraham De Moivre, French mathematician (De Moivre's theorem)   

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  On May - 26 death of ali ar-Rida, Shia Imam (b. 766)   

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

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

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