Famous Personalities Born In May - 26

1264  Prince Koreyasu, Japanese shogun (d. 1326) was born on this day in history.   

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 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  Philippe de Champaigne, French painter (d. 1674) was born on May - 26.   

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 May - 26.   

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

1700  On May - 26 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 this day in history.   

1771  Rahel Varnhagen von Ense-Levin, German saloon owner/author was born on May - 26.   

1773  On this day in history birth of hans Georg Nageli, composer   

1782  On May - 26 birth of joseph Drechsler, composer   

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

1806  On May - 26 birth of henry Knox Thatcher, Comm (Union Navy), died in 1880   

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

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

1835  On this day in history birth of edward Porter Alexander, Brig General (Confederate Army)   

1846  On May - 26 birth of arthur Coquard, composer   

1850  On May - 26 birth of christine [Elizabeth C] Poolman, Dutch actress (Stupid force)   

1853  On this day in history birth of monroe A Althouse, composer   

1856  George Templeton Strong, composer was born on this day in history.   

1859  On this day in history birth of alfred Edward Housman, Bromsgrove England, poet (A Buried Life)   

1863  On this day in history birth of robert Fitzsimmons, Boxing champion (d. 1917)   

1865  Akseli V Gallen-Kallela, Fins painter/graphic artist/illustrator was born on this day in history.   

1865  Robert W. Chambers, American artist (d. 1933) was born on May - 26.   

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

1867  Mary, queen of Great Britain/North Ireland was born on May - 26.   

1867  On this day in history birth of mary of Teck, wife of George V of the United Kingdom (d. 1953)   

1871  Camille Huysmans, Belgian premier (1946-47) was born on this day in history.   

1873  Cornelis G N de Vooys, translator/founder (New Taalgids) was born on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

0735  On May - 26 beda Venerabilis, English speaking church historian, dies at about 62   

0818  On May - 26 death of ali ar-Rida, Shia Imam (b. 766)   

1055  Death of Margrave Adalbert of Austria on May - 26.   

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

1512  On May - 26 bajezid II, governor of Amasja/8th sultan of Turkey, dies   

1595  Philippus Nerius, [Filippo Neri], Italian merchant/saint, dies at 79 on May - 26.   

1609  Death of Cornelis Claesz, mapmaker, buried on May - 26.