Page 2: Historical Events In May - 26

1781  On May - 26 bank of North America incorporates in Philadelphia   

1782  On this day in history 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  On May - 26 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  On May - 26 napolean Bonaparte is crowned King of Italy   

1805  On this day in history napoleon Bonaparte crowned King of Italy   

1805  On this day in history 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  On May - 26 lewis & Clark 1st see Rocky Mountains   

1806  On this day in history 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 on May - 26.   

1818  Michael A Barclay de Tolly, Russian fieldmarshal/War Minister, dies on this day in history.   

1822  E de Goncourt, writer on May - 26.   

1824  Brazil is recognized by US on this day in history.   

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  Georg Hermes, German philosopher/theologist (Hermenianen), dies on May - 26.   

1832  On May - 26 francois-Louis Perne, composer, dies at 59   

1834  Portuguese Civil war ends, Dom Miguel capitulates on May - 26.   

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

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 May - 26.   

1856  On this day in history george Templeton Strong, composer   

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

1864  On this day in history skirmish along the Totopotomoy Creek VA   

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  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 this day in history birth of mehmed III, Ottoman Emperor (d. 1603)   

1591  On this day in history birth of dirck Janszoon Sweelinck, composer   

1602  On this day in history birth of philippe de Champaigne, French painter (d. 1674)   

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 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  On this day in history mohammed I, sultan of Turkey (1413-21), dies   

1512  On this day in history bajezid II, governor of Amasja/8th sultan of Turkey, dies   

1595  On May - 26 philippus Nerius, [Filippo Neri], Italian merchant/saint, dies at 79   

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