Famous Birthdays In May - 26

1264  On May - 26 birth of prince Koreyasu, Japanese shogun (d. 1326)   

1478  On May - 26 birth of clement VII, [Giulio de' Medici], Italy, Pope (1523-34)   

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 May - 26.   

1669  Sébastien Vaillant, French botanist (d. 1722) was born on May - 26.   

1689  On May - 26 birth of mary Wortley Montagu, English essayist, feminist, eccentric   

1700  On this day in history birth of nikolaus L earl von Zinzendorf und Pottendorf, German evangelist   

1759  Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin, writer/mother of Mary Shelley was born on May - 26.   

1764  Edward Livingston, American jurist and statesman (d. 1836) was born on May - 26.   

1771  Rahel Varnhagen von Ense-Levin, German saloon owner/author was born on this day in history.   

1773  On May - 26 birth of hans Georg Nageli, composer   

1782  Joseph Drechsler, composer was born on this day in history.   

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

1806  Henry Knox Thatcher, Comm (Union Navy), died in 1880 was born on this day in history.   

1822  On this day in history birth of e de Goncourt, writer   

1825  Felipe Gutierrez y Espinoza, composer was born on May - 26.   

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

1846  Arthur Coquard, composer was born on May - 26.   

1850  On this day in history birth of christine [Elizabeth C] Poolman, Dutch actress (Stupid force)   

1853  On May - 26 birth of monroe A Althouse, composer   

1856  George Templeton Strong, composer was born on May - 26.   

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

1863  Robert Fitzsimmons, Boxing champion (d. 1917) was born on May - 26.   

1865  On May - 26 birth of akseli V Gallen-Kallela, Fins painter/graphic artist/illustrator   

1865  On May - 26 birth of robert W. Chambers, American artist (d. 1933)   

1866  On this day in history birth of john Eigenhuis, writer (Tough Workers)   

1867  On May - 26 birth of mary, queen of Great Britain/North Ireland   

1867  Mary of Teck, wife of George V of the United Kingdom (d. 1953) was born on this day in history.   

1871  Camille Huysmans, Belgian premier (1946-47) was born on May - 26.   

1873  On May - 26 birth of cornelis G N de Vooys, translator/founder (New Taalgids)   

1873  Olaf Gulbransson, Norwegian artist (d. 1958) was born on May - 26.   

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0604  Augustinus van Canterbury, bishop/apostle of England, dies (or 605) on May - 26.   

0735  Beda Venerabilis, English speaking church historian, dies at about 62 on May - 26.   

0818  On this day in history death of ali ar-Rida, Shia Imam (b. 766)   

1055  On May - 26 death of margrave Adalbert of Austria   

1421  On this day in history 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 May - 26.   

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