Page 2: Historical Events In May - 26

1781  On May - 26 bank of North America incorporates in Philadelphia   

1782  Joseph Drechsler, composer on this day in history.   

1788  Mary Clark of England gives birth to a baby without a brain on May - 26.   

1790  Territory South of River Ohio created by Congress on May - 26.   

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

1799  On this day in history alexander S Pushkin, Russia, writer (Eugene Onegin)   

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 this day in history napoleon Bonaparte crowned King of Italy   

1805  On May - 26 napoleon is crowned king of Italy   

1805  On May - 26 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 May - 26.   

1806  Henry Knox Thatcher, Comm (Union Navy), died in 1880 on May - 26.   

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

1818  Michael A Barclay de Tolly, Russian fieldmarshal/War Minister, dies on this day in history.   

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

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 this day in history.   

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

1832  On this day in history francois-Louis Perne, composer, dies at 59   

1834  On May - 26 portuguese Civil war ends, Dom Miguel capitulates   

1835  Edward Porter Alexander, Brig General (Confederate Army) on this day in history.   

1846  On May - 26 arthur Coquard, composer   

1850  Christine [Elizabeth C] Poolman, Dutch actress (Stupid force) on May - 26.   

1853  On this day in history monroe A Althouse, composer   

1856  George Templeton Strong, composer on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history postmaster General Blair announces end of postal connection with the South   

1861  On this day in history union blockades New Orleans LA & Mobile AL   

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

1864  Skirmish along the Totopotomoy Creek VA on this day in history.   

1864  On May - 26 territory of Montana is formed   

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

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  Philippe de Champaigne, French painter (d. 1674) was born on this day in history.   

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  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 this day in history.   

0818  On May - 26 death of ali ar-Rida, Shia Imam (b. 766)   

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

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  On this day in history philippus Nerius, [Filippo Neri], Italian merchant/saint, dies at 79   

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