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  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 this day in history.   

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 May - 26.   

1609  On May - 26 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  Death of Ferdinand Maria, Elector of Bavaria (b. 1636) on May - 26.   

1685  On May - 26 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 this day in history.   

1799  Death of James Burnett, Lord Monboddo, Scottish judge (b. 1714) on this day in history.   

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

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

1824  On this day in history death of capel Lofft, English writer (b. 1751)   

1831  On May - 26 georg Hermes, German philosopher/theologist (Hermenianen), dies   

1832  On May - 26 francois-Louis Perne, composer, dies at 59   

1840  Death of Sidney Smith, British admiral (b. 1764) on this day in history.   

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

1868  Death of Michael Barrett, Irish nationalist, last British public execution on this day in history.   

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

1873  August Conradi, composer, dies at 51 on May - 26.   

1876  On this day in history frantisek Palacky, Czech historian/MP, dies at 77   

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

1881  Death of Jakob Bernays, German philologist (b. 1824) on this day in history.   

1883  On May - 26 abd el-Kader, Algerian sultan/religious ruler, dies at about 74   

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

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

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

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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 May - 26.   

1591  Dirck Janszoon Sweelinck, composer was born on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history birth of sébastien Vaillant, French botanist (d. 1722)