Page 2: Historical Events In May - 26

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

1782  On May - 26 joseph Drechsler, composer   

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

1790  Territory South of River Ohio created by Congress on May - 26.   

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 May - 26.   

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

1805  Napolean Bonaparte is crowned King of Italy on this day in history.   

1805  On this day in history 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 this day in history lewis & Clark 1st see Rocky Mountains   

1806  On May - 26 henry Knox Thatcher, Comm (Union Navy), died in 1880   

1807  On this day in history 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 May - 26.   

1824  On this day in history brazil is recognized by US   

1825  On May - 26 felipe Gutierrez y Espinoza, composer   

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

1831  On this day in history 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  Edward Porter Alexander, Brig General (Confederate Army) on May - 26.   

1846  Arthur Coquard, composer on May - 26.   

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 May - 26.   

1860  Garibaldi occupies Palermo Italy on May - 26.   

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

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

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

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

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  Philippe de Champaigne, French painter (d. 1674) was born on May - 26.   

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

0818  Death of Ali ar-Rida, Shia Imam (b. 766) on this day in history.   

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

1421  On May - 26 mohammed I, sultan of Turkey (1413-21), dies   

1512  Bajezid II, governor of Amasja/8th sultan of Turkey, dies on May - 26.   

1595  Philippus Nerius, [Filippo Neri], Italian merchant/saint, dies at 79 on this day in history.   

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