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May 26 1264
Prince Koreyasu 7th Japanese shogun born in Kamakura Kanagawa Prefecture Japan (d. 1326)
May 26 1478
Pope Clement VII [Giulio de Medici] Italian Pope (1523-34) born in Florence (d. 1534)
May 26 1566
Mehmed III Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1595-1603) born in Manisa Ottoman Empire (d. 1603)
May 26 1591
Dirck Janszoon Sweelinck Dutch composer born in Amsterdam (d. 1652) baptism date
May 26 1602
Philippe de Champaigne French painter born in Brussels Belgium (d. 1674)
May 26 1650
John Churchill 1st duke of Marlborough English general strategist born in Ashe England (d. 1722)
May 26 1667
Abraham de Moivre French mathematician (De Moivres theorem) born in Vitry-sur-Seine France (d. 1754)
May 26 1669
Sbastien Vaillant French botanist born in Vigny le-de-France France (d. 1722)
May 26 1700
Nicolaus Ludwig Imperial Count von Zinzendorf und Pottendorf German religious and social reformer born in Dresden Electorate of Saxony Holy Roman Empire (d. 1760)
May 26 1773
Hans Georg Ngeli Swiss composer born in Wetzikon Switzerland (d. 1836)
May 26 1782
Joseph Drechsler Czech composer born in Vlachovo Bez Czech Republic (d. 1852)
May 26 1806
Henry Thatcher American rear admiral (U.S. Navy) born in Thomaston Maine (d. 1880)
May 26 1822
Edmond de Goncourt French writer wrote with his brother Jules de Goncourt born in Nancy (d. 1896)
May 26 1825
Felipe Gutirrez Y Espinosa Puerto Rican composer born in San Juan Puerto Rico (d. 1899)
May 26 1835
Edward Porter Alexander Brigadier General (Confederate Army) and military engineer born in Washington Georgia (d. 1910)
May 26 1846
Arthur Coquard French composer born in Paris (d. 1910)
May 26 1853
Monroe Althouse American composer born in Centre Township Berks County Pennsylvania (d. 1924)
May 26 1856
George Templeton Strong American composer born in NYC New York (d. 1948)
May 26 1863
Robert Fitzsimmons English boxing champion born in Helston England (d. 1917)
May 26 1865
Akseli Gallen-Kallela Finnish painter born in Pori Finland (d. 1931)
May 26 1865
Robert W. Chambers American artist and fiction writer born in Brooklyn New York (d. 1933)
May 26 1867
Mary of Teck Queen of Great Britain and consort of George V born in Kensington Palace London (d. 1953)
May 26 1871
Camille Huysmans Belgian premier (1946-47) born in Bilzen Belgium (d. 1968)
May 26 1873
C.G.N. de Vooys Dutch translator and founder (New Taalgids) born in Gouda Netherlands (d. 1955)
May 26 1873
Olaf Gulbransson Norwegian artist born in Oslo Norway (d. 1958)
May 26 1876
Jack Root Austrian-American boxings 1st light heavyweight champion born in Frahel Bohemia Czech Republic (d. 1963)
May 26 1877
Isadora Duncan American free forminterpretative dancer born in San Francisco California (d. 1927)
May 26 1877
Jean Schlumberger French writer (La Mort de Sparte) born in Guebwiller Alsace-Lorraine (d. 1968)
May 26 1877
Sadao Araki Japanese general Minister of War (1931-34) born in Tokyo Japan (d. 1966)
May 26 1883
Mamie Smith American vaudeville singer dancer and actress (Crazy Blues) born in Cincinnati Ohio (d. 1946)
May 26 1884
Charles Winninger American actor (Cafe Metropole Coney Island Charlie Farrell Show) born in Athens Wisconsin (d. 1969)
May 26 1886
Al Jolson [Asa Yoelson] American-Lithuanian jazz singer and silent actor (Mamie Swanee) born in Seredius Kovno Governorate Russian Empire (d. 1950)
May 26 1890
Kurt Edzard German sculptor (nudesportraits) born in Bremen Germany (d. 1972)
HISTORICAL EVENTS | ON THIS DAY
May 26 1328 William of Ockham forced to flee from Avignon by Pope John XXII
May 26 1596 England France & Netherlands sign Drievoudig Covenant against Spain
May 26 1637 Mystic Massacre in 1st battle of Pequot War in Connecticut about 500 Pequot Native Americans are killed by Colonial forces
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