Famous Deaths Happened In May - 26

0604  On May - 26 augustinus van Canterbury, bishop/apostle of England, dies (or 605)   

0735  Beda Venerabilis, English speaking church historian, dies at about 62 on this day in history.   

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

1055  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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

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

1648  On May - 26 death of vincent Voiture, French poet (b. 1597)   

1653  Death of Robert Filmer, English writer (b. 1588) on May - 26.   

1679  On this day in history death of ferdinand Maria, Elector of Bavaria (b. 1636)   

1685  On this day in history karel, monarch of Palts, dies   

1703  On this day in history samuel Pepys, English marine expert (Diary)/composer, dies at 70   

1742  On this day in history death of pylyp Orlyk, Ukrainian Zaporozhian Cossack starshina, diplomat (b. 1672)   

1753  On May - 26 willem Maurits, earl of Nassau/gov of Zeeuws-Flanders, dies   

1762  On this day in history death of alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten, German philosopher (b. 1714)   

1799  On May - 26 death of james Burnett, Lord Monboddo, Scottish judge (b. 1714)   

1814  Death of Joseph-Ignace Guillotin, officially named the Guillotine (b. 1789) on this day in history.   

1818  Michael A Barclay de Tolly, Russian fieldmarshal/War Minister, dies on this day in history.   

1824  On May - 26 death of capel Lofft, English writer (b. 1751)   

1831  Georg Hermes, German philosopher/theologist (Hermenianen), dies on this day in history.   

1832  Francois-Louis Perne, composer, dies at 59 on this day in history.   

1840  On May - 26 death of sidney Smith, British admiral (b. 1764)   

1864  On this day in history ch Sealsfield, writer, dies at 71   

1868  On May - 26 death of michael Barrett, Irish nationalist, last British public execution   

1871  On May - 26 aime Maillart, composer, dies at 54   

1873  August Conradi, composer, dies at 51 on this day in history.   

1876  Frantisek Palacky, Czech historian/MP, dies at 77 on May - 26.   

1880  On May - 26 john Curwen, composer, dies at 63   

1881  On this day in history death of jakob Bernays, German philologist (b. 1824)   

1883  On this day in history abd el-Kader, Algerian sultan/religious ruler, dies at about 74   

1891  On May - 26 frederick Bowen Jewson, composer, dies at 67   

1902  On this day in history death of almon Strowger, American inventor (b. 1839)   

1904  Death of Georges Gilles de la Tourette, French neurologist (b. 1857) on May - 26.   

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1264  Prince Koreyasu, Japanese shogun (d. 1326) was born on May - 26.   

1478  Clement VII, [Giulio de' Medici], Italy, Pope (1523-34) was born on this day in history.   

1566  Mohammed III, sultan of Turkey (1595-1603) was born on this day in history.   

1566  Mehmed III, Ottoman Emperor (d. 1603) was born on this day in history.   

1591  On this day in history birth of dirck Janszoon Sweelinck, composer   

1602  Philippe de Champaigne, French painter (d. 1674) was born on this day in history.   

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.