Page 2: Historical Events In May - 26

1781  Bank of North America incorporates in Philadelphia on this day in history.   

1782  Joseph Drechsler, composer on this day in history.   

1788  On May - 26 mary Clark of England gives birth to a baby without a brain   

1790  Territory South of River Ohio created by Congress on this day in history.   

1798  British kill about 500 Irish insurgents at the Battle of Tara on May - 26.   

1799  Alexander S Pushkin, Russia, writer (Eugene Onegin) on this day in history.   

1805  On May - 26 lewis & Clark first see Rocky Mountains   

1805  On this day in history napolean Bonaparte is crowned King of Italy   

1805  On May - 26 napoleon Bonaparte crowned King of Italy   

1805  On May - 26 napoleon is crowned king of Italy   

1805  The emperor Napoleon crowns himself with the old iron crown of the Lombard kings May 26 in the cathedral at Milan, he appoints his stepson Eugène Beauharnais viceroy June 7, but a Third Coalition mobilizes against him; Austria, Russia, and Sweden make alliances with Britain, while Napoleon gains support from Spain, Bavaria, Württemberg, Baden, Hesse, and Nassau on May - 26.   

1805  On this day in history lewis & Clark 1st see Rocky Mountains   

1806  On May - 26 henry Knox Thatcher, Comm (Union Navy), died in 1880   

1807  French forces take Danzig and defeat the Russians June 14 in the Battle of Friedland on May - 26.   

1818  On May - 26 michael A Barclay de Tolly, Russian fieldmarshal/War Minister, dies   

1822  E de Goncourt, writer on May - 26.   

1824  Brazil is recognized by US on this day in history.   

1825  On this day in history felipe Gutierrez y Espinoza, composer   

1828  Mysterious feral child Kaspar Hauser is discovered wandering the streets of Nuremberg on May - 26.   

1831  On this day in history georg Hermes, German philosopher/theologist (Hermenianen), dies   

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

1834  Portuguese Civil war ends, Dom Miguel capitulates on May - 26.   

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

1846  On this day in history arthur Coquard, composer   

1850  On May - 26 christine [Elizabeth C] Poolman, Dutch actress (Stupid force)   

1853  On May - 26 monroe A Althouse, composer   

1856  On this day in history george Templeton Strong, composer   

1859  Alfred Edward Housman, Bromsgrove England, poet (A Buried Life) on this day in history.   

1860  On this day in history garibaldi occupies Palermo Italy   

1861  Postmaster General Blair announces end of postal connection with the South on this day in history.   

1861  On May - 26 union blockades New Orleans LA & Mobile AL   

1861  Postmaster General Blair announces end of postal connection with South on this day in history.   

1864  On this day in history skirmish along the Totopotomoy Creek VA   

1864  On May - 26 territory of Montana is formed   

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

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 May - 26.   

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  Abraham De Moivre, French mathematician (De Moivre's theorem) was born on May - 26.   

1669  Sébastien Vaillant, French botanist (d. 1722) was born on this day in history.   

0604  Augustinus van Canterbury, bishop/apostle of England, dies (or 605) on May - 26.   

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

0818  Death of Ali ar-Rida, Shia Imam (b. 766) on this day in history.   

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

1609  Death of Cornelis Claesz, mapmaker, buried on this day in history.