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What Happened in May 1726

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Historical Events

  • May 5 French ballerina Marie de Camargo aged 16 makes her premiere at Paris Opera Ballets in "Les Caractères de la Danse"
  • May 9 Three men arrested during a February raid on Mother Clap's molly-house (a coffee house catering to homosexuals) in London are executed by hanging at Tyburn, England

Events in 1726

Famous Birthdays

  • May 20 Francis Cotes, English painter (d. 1770)
  • May 25 Giuseppe Paolucci, Italian composer, born in Siena, Italy (d. 1776)
Born in 1726

Famous Deaths

  • May 10 Charles Beauclerk, 1st Duke of St Albans, English soldier, dies at 56
  • May 14 John B Wellekens, poet/painter (Wedding Guests), dies
  • May 14 Moshe Darshan, Rabbi/author (Torat Ahsam), dies


What Happened in 1726

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