Page 2: Historical Events In May - 26

1781  Bank of North America incorporates in Philadelphia on May - 26.   

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 May - 26.   

1798  On May - 26 british kill about 500 Irish insurgents at the Battle of Tara   

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

1805  Lewis & Clark first see Rocky Mountains on this day in history.   

1805  Napolean Bonaparte is crowned King of Italy on this day in history.   

1805  Napoleon Bonaparte crowned King of Italy on this day in history.   

1805  Napoleon is crowned king of Italy on this day in history.   

1805  On this day in history 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   

1805  Lewis & Clark 1st see Rocky Mountains on this day in history.   

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  Michael A Barclay de Tolly, Russian fieldmarshal/War Minister, dies on this day in history.   

1822  On May - 26 e de Goncourt, writer   

1824  Brazil is recognized by US on May - 26.   

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

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

1831  Georg Hermes, German philosopher/theologist (Hermenianen), dies on this day in history.   

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

1834  Portuguese Civil war ends, Dom Miguel capitulates on this day in history.   

1835  On this day in history edward Porter Alexander, Brig General (Confederate Army)   

1846  Arthur Coquard, composer on May - 26.   

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

1860  Garibaldi occupies Palermo Italy on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1864  On May - 26 skirmish along the Totopotomoy Creek VA   

1864  On this day in history territory of Montana is formed   

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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 May - 26.   

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  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 May - 26 birth of abraham De Moivre, French mathematician (De Moivre's theorem)   

1669  On May - 26 birth of sébastien Vaillant, French botanist (d. 1722)   

0604  On this day in history augustinus van Canterbury, bishop/apostle of England, dies (or 605)   

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  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  On May - 26 bajezid II, governor of Amasja/8th sultan of Turkey, dies   

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

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