Page 2: Historical Events In May - 26

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

1782  Joseph Drechsler, composer on May - 26.   

1788  On May - 26 mary Clark of England gives birth to a baby without a brain   

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

1798  On this day in history british kill about 500 Irish insurgents at the Battle of Tara   

1799  Alexander S Pushkin, Russia, writer (Eugene Onegin) on this day in history.   

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

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  Napoleon is crowned king of Italy on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1805  Lewis & Clark 1st see Rocky Mountains on this day in history.   

1806  On this day in history henry Knox Thatcher, Comm (Union Navy), died in 1880   

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 May - 26.   

1824  On this day in history brazil is recognized by US   

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

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 this day in history.   

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

1834  Portuguese Civil war ends, Dom Miguel capitulates on this day in history.   

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

1846  On May - 26 arthur Coquard, composer   

1850  Christine [Elizabeth C] Poolman, Dutch actress (Stupid force) on May - 26.   

1853  Monroe A Althouse, composer on May - 26.   

1856  On this day in history george Templeton Strong, composer   

1859  Alfred Edward Housman, Bromsgrove England, poet (A Buried Life) on this day in history.   

1860  On this day in history garibaldi occupies Palermo Italy   

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

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

1864  On May - 26 territory of Montana is formed   

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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 May - 26.   

1566  On this day in history birth of mohammed III, sultan of Turkey (1595-1603)   

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

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  On May - 26 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 May - 26.   

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

1055  On this day in history death of margrave Adalbert of Austria   

1421  Mohammed I, sultan of Turkey (1413-21), dies on May - 26.   

1512  Bajezid II, governor of Amasja/8th sultan of Turkey, dies on this day in history.   

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

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