Page 2: Historical Events In May - 26

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

1782  On May - 26 joseph Drechsler, composer   

1788  On this day in history mary Clark of England gives birth to a baby without a brain   

1790  On May - 26 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 this day in history.   

1805  Napolean Bonaparte is crowned King of Italy on May - 26.   

1805  On May - 26 napoleon Bonaparte crowned King of Italy   

1805  On May - 26 napoleon is crowned king of Italy   

1805  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 on May - 26.   

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  French forces take Danzig and defeat the Russians June 14 in the Battle of Friedland on this day in history.   

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

1822  On May - 26 e de Goncourt, writer   

1824  Brazil is recognized by US on May - 26.   

1825  Felipe Gutierrez y Espinoza, composer on this day in history.   

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

1831  Georg Hermes, German philosopher/theologist (Hermenianen), dies on May - 26.   

1832  On this day in history francois-Louis Perne, composer, dies at 59   

1834  On May - 26 portuguese Civil war ends, Dom Miguel capitulates   

1835  On May - 26 edward Porter Alexander, Brig General (Confederate Army)   

1846  On this day in history 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  On May - 26 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 May - 26.   

1861  Postmaster General Blair announces end of postal connection with South on May - 26.   

1864  Skirmish along the Totopotomoy Creek VA on this day in history.   

1864  Territory of Montana is formed on May - 26.   

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

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 May - 26.   

1566  Mehmed III, Ottoman Emperor (d. 1603) was born on May - 26.   

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

1602  On May - 26 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  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 this day in history 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  On May - 26 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  Philippus Nerius, [Filippo Neri], Italian merchant/saint, dies at 79 on this day in history.   

1609  On this day in history death of cornelis Claesz, mapmaker, buried