Page 2: Historical Events In May - 26

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

1782  On May - 26 joseph Drechsler, composer   

1788  Mary Clark of England gives birth to a baby without a brain on this day in history.   

1790  On May - 26 territory South of River Ohio created by Congress   

1798  British kill about 500 Irish insurgents at the Battle of Tara on this day in history.   

1799  On May - 26 alexander S Pushkin, Russia, writer (Eugene Onegin)   

1805  Lewis & Clark first see Rocky Mountains on May - 26.   

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

1805  On May - 26 napoleon Bonaparte crowned King of Italy   

1805  Napoleon is crowned king of Italy on May - 26.   

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 this day in history henry Knox Thatcher, Comm (Union Navy), died in 1880   

1807  On this day in history french forces take Danzig and defeat the Russians June 14 in the Battle of Friedland   

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

1822  E de Goncourt, writer on this day in history.   

1824  On this day in history brazil is recognized by US   

1825  Felipe Gutierrez y Espinoza, composer on May - 26.   

1828  Mysterious feral child Kaspar Hauser is discovered wandering the streets of Nuremberg on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1846  Arthur Coquard, composer on May - 26.   

1850  Christine [Elizabeth C] Poolman, Dutch actress (Stupid force) on this day in history.   

1853  Monroe A Althouse, composer on this day in history.   

1856  On May - 26 george Templeton Strong, composer   

1859  On this day in history alfred Edward Housman, Bromsgrove England, poet (A Buried Life)   

1860  On May - 26 garibaldi occupies Palermo Italy   

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

1861  Union blockades New Orleans LA & Mobile AL on May - 26.   

1861  Postmaster General Blair announces end of postal connection with South on May - 26.   

1864  On May - 26 skirmish along the Totopotomoy Creek VA   

1864  Territory of Montana is formed on this day in history.   

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1264  On May - 26 birth of prince Koreyasu, Japanese shogun (d. 1326)   

1478  On May - 26 birth of clement VII, [Giulio de' Medici], Italy, Pope (1523-34)   

1566  On this day in history birth of mohammed III, sultan of Turkey (1595-1603)   

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  On May - 26 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  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  On May - 26 beda Venerabilis, English speaking church historian, dies at about 62   

0818  On this day in history death of ali ar-Rida, Shia Imam (b. 766)   

1055  Death of Margrave Adalbert of Austria on this day in history.   

1421  Mohammed I, sultan of Turkey (1413-21), dies on May - 26.   

1512  Bajezid II, governor of Amasja/8th sultan of Turkey, dies on May - 26.   

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

1609  Death of Cornelis Claesz, mapmaker, buried on May - 26.