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Page 3: Historical Events In May - 26

Wednesday, 16 July 2025

1864  On this day in history -30] Skirmish along the Totopotomoy Creek, Virginia  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1864  On May - 26 ch Sealsfield, writer, dies at 71  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1865  Arrangements are made in New Orleans for the surrender of Confederate forces west of the Mississippi during the U S Civil War on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1865  Battle of Galveston TX, surrender of Edmund Kirby Smith on May - 26.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1865  On May - 26 akseli V Gallen-Kallela, Fins painter/graphic artist/illustrator  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1866  On May - 26 john Eigenhuis, writer (Tough Workers)  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1867  Mary, queen of Great Britain/North Ireland on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1868  On May - 26 president Andrew Johnson avoids impeachment by 1 vote  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1868  On this day in history the impeachment trial of U S President Andrew Johnson ends in acquittal on all remaining charges, since the Senate again falls one vote short of the two-thirds majority needed for conviction  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1868  Michael Barrett, Irish nationalist, last British public execution on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1869  On May - 26 boston University is chartered by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1871  On May - 26 camille Huysmans, Belgian premier (1946-47)  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1871  On this day in history aime Maillart, composer, dies at 54  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1873  On this day in history cornelis G N de Vooys, translator/founder (New Taalgids)  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1873  On May - 26 august Conradi, composer, dies at 51  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1874  On this day in history 2nd Preakness: William Donohue aboard Culpepper wins in 2:56.5  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1874  On this day in history henry Farman, French aviation pioneer (double decker)  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1876  HMS Challenger returns from 128,000-km oceanographic exploration on May - 26.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1876  Jack Root, boxing's 1st light heavyweight champion on May - 26.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1876  Frantisek Palacky, Czech historian/MP, dies at 77 on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1877  Isadora Duncan, SF, free form/interpretative dancer on May - 26.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1880  On May - 26 john Curwen, composer, dies at 63  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1883  11th Preakness: G Barbee aboard Jacobus wins in 2:42.5 on May - 26.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1883  Abd el-Kader, Algerian sultan/religious ruler, dies at about 74 on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1884  On May - 26 fred Spofforth takes 7-34 & 7-3 vs England XI in 4 hours  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1884  On this day in history fred Spofforth takes 7-34 & 7-3 v England XI in 4 hours  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1884  On this day in history charles Winninger, Athens Wisc, actor (Charlie Farrell Show)  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1886  On May - 26 the birth of Al Jolson, American singer  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1886  On May - 26 al Jolson, [Asa Yoelson], jazz singer/silent actor (Mamie, Swanee)  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1887  On this day in history racetrack betting becomes legal in New York state  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1887  Racetrack betting becomes legal in NY state on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1890  On May - 26 kurt Edzard, German sculptor (nudes/portraits)  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1891  On May - 26 frederick Bowen Jewson, composer, dies at 67  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1893  On this day in history eugene Goossens, London England, conductor/composer (Perseus)  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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Famous People Born On This Day In History

1264  Prince Koreyasu, Japanese shogun (d. 1326) was born on May - 26.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1478  On May - 26 birth of clement VII, [Giulio de' Medici], Italy, Pope (1523-34)  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1566  On May - 26 birth of mohammed III, sultan of Turkey (1595-1603)  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1566  Mehmed III, Ottoman Emperor (d. 1603) was born on May - 26.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1591  On May - 26 birth of dirck Janszoon Sweelinck, composer  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1602  On May - 26 birth of philippe de Champaigne, French painter (d. 1674)  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1667  Abraham De Moivre, French mathematician (De Moivre's theorem) was born on May - 26.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1669  Sébastien Vaillant, French botanist (d. 1722) was born on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Famous Deaths In May - 26

Famous People Died On This Day In History

0604  On this day in history augustinus van Canterbury, bishop/apostle of England, dies (or 605)  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

0735  Beda Venerabilis, English speaking church historian, dies at about 62 on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

0818  On May - 26 death of ali ar-Rida, Shia Imam (b. 766)  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1055  On May - 26 death of margrave Adalbert of Austria  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1421  On this day in history mohammed I, sultan of Turkey (1413-21), dies  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1512  Bajezid II, governor of Amasja/8th sultan of Turkey, dies on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1595  On May - 26 philippus Nerius, [Filippo Neri], Italian merchant/saint, dies at 79  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1609  On this day in history death of cornelis Claesz, mapmaker, buried  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard


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