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 May - 26.   

0818  Death of Ali ar-Rida, Shia Imam (b. 766) on May - 26.   

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

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

1512  On this day in history 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.   

1648  On this day in history death of vincent Voiture, French poet (b. 1597)   

1653  On this day in history death of robert Filmer, English writer (b. 1588)   

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  Samuel Pepys, English marine expert (Diary)/composer, dies at 70 on May - 26.   

1742  Death of Pylyp Orlyk, Ukrainian Zaporozhian Cossack starshina, diplomat (b. 1672) on this day in history.   

1753  Willem Maurits, earl of Nassau/gov of Zeeuws-Flanders, dies on May - 26.   

1762  Death of Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten, German philosopher (b. 1714) on May - 26.   

1799  On this day in history death of james Burnett, Lord Monboddo, Scottish judge (b. 1714)   

1814  On this day in history death of joseph-Ignace Guillotin, officially named the Guillotine (b. 1789)   

1818  On this day in history michael A Barclay de Tolly, Russian fieldmarshal/War Minister, dies   

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  On this day in history francois-Louis Perne, composer, dies at 59   

1840  Death of Sidney Smith, British admiral (b. 1764) on May - 26.   

1864  On May - 26 ch Sealsfield, writer, dies at 71   

1868  On this day in history death of michael Barrett, Irish nationalist, last British public execution   

1871  Aime Maillart, composer, dies at 54 on May - 26.   

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

1876  Frantisek Palacky, Czech historian/MP, dies at 77 on this day in history.   

1880  John Curwen, composer, dies at 63 on May - 26.   

1881  Death of Jakob Bernays, German philologist (b. 1824) on May - 26.   

1883  Abd el-Kader, Algerian sultan/religious ruler, dies at about 74 on this day in history.   

1891  On this day in history frederick Bowen Jewson, composer, dies at 67   

1902  Death of Almon Strowger, American inventor (b. 1839) on May - 26.   

1904  On May - 26 death of georges Gilles de la Tourette, French neurologist (b. 1857)   

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1264  On this day in history birth of prince Koreyasu, Japanese shogun (d. 1326)   

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  On May - 26 birth of mehmed III, Ottoman Emperor (d. 1603)   

1591  On this day in history 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)