American artist and fiction writer Robert W. Chambers was born #OTD in 1865.
Chambers is best known for his weird fiction and horror stories, particularly "The King in Yellow," a collection of short stories published in 1895. He wrote numerous other novels and short stories across various genres including "The Maker of Moons" (1896), "The Mystery of Choice" (1897), and "The Tracer of Lost Persons" (1906).
#otd 1421 died Mehmed I, Ottoman sultan. He was buried in Bursa, near the so-called Green Mosque built by him. The monument built by his son Murad II is called Green Tomb. #medievaldeath#medieval@medievodons Pics.: Wikipedia Commons
French mathematician Abraham de Moivre was born #OTD in 1667.
He is best known for de Moivre's theorem, which links complex numbers and trigonometry, and for his work in the development of analytic geometry and the theory of equations. He published "The Doctrine of Chances" (1718) where he developed a formula for the normal approximation to the binomial distribution, now known as the de Moivre-Laplace theorem.
26 May 1561: Thomas Davies consecrated Bishop of St Asaph #Wales#Cymru by Matthew Parker at #Croydon#otd (MSearle)
He ordered the Gospel be read in #Welsh#Cymraeg & was assiduous in attending #parliament at Westminster.
26 May 604: d. St. Augustine of #Canterbury, head of a Roman mission to #England#otd (BM)
His mission became an important point in controversy between #Catholics and #Protestants after Henry VIII's break with #Rome
(Folger from T. Stapleton's translation of #Bede who d. #otd)
Mother Catherine-Agnès Arnauld (1593-1671) & Sr Catherine de Ste Suzanne Champaigne (1636-1686), daughter of the artist, Philippe de Champaigne who was born #otd 26 May 1602.
The image is one of the most famous of the influential Port-Royal des Champs convent
26 May 1602: b. Philippe de Champaigne #otd in #Brussels - he would become a painter & future founder member of the Académie de peinture et de sculpture in #Paris.
Here he is 1668 painted by his nephew Jean-Baptiste de Champaigne