Famous Deaths Happened In May - 26

0604  Augustinus van Canterbury, bishop/apostle of England, dies (or 605) on this day in history.   

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 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  On May - 26 philippus Nerius, [Filippo Neri], Italian merchant/saint, dies at 79   

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

1648  Death of Vincent Voiture, French poet (b. 1597) on this day in history.   

1653  On May - 26 death of robert Filmer, English writer (b. 1588)   

1679  Death of Ferdinand Maria, Elector of Bavaria (b. 1636) on this day in history.   

1685  Karel, monarch of Palts, dies on this day in history.   

1703  Samuel Pepys, English marine expert (Diary)/composer, dies at 70 on this day in history.   

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  Death of James Burnett, Lord Monboddo, Scottish judge (b. 1714) on May - 26.   

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 May - 26.   

1824  Death of Capel Lofft, English writer (b. 1751) on this day in history.   

1831  Georg Hermes, German philosopher/theologist (Hermenianen), dies on May - 26.   

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

1840  On this day in history death of sidney Smith, British admiral (b. 1764)   

1864  Ch Sealsfield, writer, dies at 71 on this day in history.   

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

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

1873  On this day in history august Conradi, composer, dies at 51   

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

1880  On this day in history john Curwen, composer, dies at 63   

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

1883  On May - 26 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  On this day in history 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 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)