Famous Personalities Born In May - 26

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

1478  On this day in history birth of clement VII, [Giulio de' Medici], Italy, Pope (1523-34)   

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  On May - 26 birth of dirck Janszoon Sweelinck, composer   

1602  On this day in history birth of philippe de Champaigne, French painter (d. 1674)   

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)   

1689  On this day in history 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  On May - 26 birth of mary Wollstonecraft Godwin, writer/mother of Mary Shelley   

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 May - 26.   

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

1782  On May - 26 birth of joseph Drechsler, composer   

1799  On May - 26 birth of alexander S Pushkin, Russia, writer (Eugene Onegin)   

1806  Henry Knox Thatcher, Comm (Union Navy), died in 1880 was born on May - 26.   

1822  E de Goncourt, writer was born on May - 26.   

1825  On May - 26 birth of felipe Gutierrez y Espinoza, composer   

1835  Edward Porter Alexander, Brig General (Confederate Army) was born on May - 26.   

1846  Arthur Coquard, composer was born on this day in history.   

1850  On this day in history 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 May - 26.   

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

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

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

1865  On this day in history birth of robert W. Chambers, American artist (d. 1933)   

1866  John Eigenhuis, writer (Tough Workers) was born on this day in history.   

1867  On this day in history birth of mary, queen of Great Britain/North Ireland   

1867  On May - 26 birth of mary of Teck, wife of George V of the United Kingdom (d. 1953)   

1871  On this day in history birth of camille Huysmans, Belgian premier (1946-47)   

1873  Cornelis G N de Vooys, translator/founder (New Taalgids) was born on May - 26.   

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

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0604  On this day in history augustinus van Canterbury, bishop/apostle of England, dies (or 605)   

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

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

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

1421  On May - 26 mohammed I, sultan of Turkey (1413-21), dies   

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

1595  On this day in history philippus Nerius, [Filippo Neri], Italian merchant/saint, dies at 79   

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