Historical Events In April - 26

0121  Antonius Marcus Aurelius, [Marcus A Verus], Emperor of Rome (161-180) on this day in history.  

0570  Muhammed, founder of Islam, according to the Shi'a sect. Other sources suggest April 20 on this day in history.  

0757  On this day in history paolo Orsini replaces his brother Pope Stephen II, as Paul I  

0757  Stephen II, Pope (752-57), dies on this day in history.  

1196  Alfonso II, King of Aragon (1162-96), dies on April - 26.  

1220  On April - 26 german king Frederick II grants bishops sovereign rights  

1319  On April - 26 jean II, the Good, king of France (1350-64)  

1444  On this day in history robert Campin, South Neth painter/porter of Doornik, dies at about 65  

1467  On April - 26 the miraculous image in Our Lady of Good Counsel appear in Genazzano, Italy.  

1476  Simonetta Vespucci, inspiration of Botticelli (b.1453) on this day in history.  

1478  On April - 26 pazzi conspirators attack Lorenzo & kill Giuliano de'Medici  

1478  On April - 26 1st Easter  

1478  On this day in history giuliano de' Medici, Medeheerser of Florence, murdered at about 24  

1514  Copernicus makes his first observations of Saturn on April - 26.  

1514  Copernicus makes his observations of Saturn on April - 26.  

1514  Copernicus makes his 1st observations of Saturn on April - 26.  

1532  Sultan Suleiman through Hungary on away to Vienna on this day in history.  

1538  On this day in history giovanni P Lomazzo, Italian writer/poet (Trattato)  

1558  On this day in history jean Fran‡ois Fernel French physician, dies  

1558  Jean Francois Fernel, French physician, dies on April - 26.  

1564  On April - 26 william Shakespeare baptized  

1564  William Shakespeare, Stratford-on-Avon England, playwright (Hamlet) on April - 26.  

1567  On this day in history nicolas Forme, composer  

1573  On April - 26 marie de'Medici, Queen of France  

1603  On April - 26 francesco Nigetti, composer  

1607  On April - 26 the first British to establish an American colony land at Cape Henry, Va  

1607  On this day in history 1st British to establish an American colony land at Cape Henry, Va  

1637  Philip J van Lichtenbergh, Governor of Suriname, baptized on this day in history.  

1648  Pedro II, King of Portugal (1683-1706) on this day in history.  

1648  On April - 26 christoph Thomas Walliser, composer, dies at 79  

1654  On this day in history jews are expelled from Brazil  

1655  On this day in history dutch West Indies Co denies Peter Stuyvesant's desire to exclude Jews from New Amsterdam  

1677  Emperor Leopold I forms University of Innsbruck on April - 26.  

1703  Georg Christoph Leuttner, composer, dies at 58 on April - 26.  

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1319  On this day in history birth of jean II, the Good, king of France (1350-64)  

1538  On April - 26 birth of giovanni P Lomazzo, Italian writer/poet (Trattato)  

1564  On April - 26 birth of william Shakespeare, Stratford-on-Avon England, playwright (Hamlet)  

1567  Nicolas Forme, composer was born on this day in history.  

1573  On this day in history birth of marie de'Medici, Queen of France  

1603  Francesco Nigetti, composer was born on this day in history.  

1637  On this day in history birth of philip J van Lichtenbergh, Governor of Suriname, baptized  

1648  Pedro II, King of Portugal (1683-1706) was born on this day in history.  

0757  On April - 26 stephen II, Pope (752-57), dies  

1192  Death of Emperor Go-Shirakawa of Japan (b. 1127) on April - 26.  

1196  Alfonso II, King of Aragon (1162-96), dies on this day in history.  

1444  On this day in history robert Campin, South Neth painter/porter of Doornik, dies at about 65  

1476  Death of Simonetta Vespucci, inspiration of Botticelli (b.1453) on April - 26.  

1478  On this day in history death of giuliano de' Medici, Medeheerser of Florence, murdered at about 24  

1489  Death of Ashikaga Yoshihisa, Japanese shogun (b. 1465) on this day in history.  

1558  Jean Francois Fernel, French physician, dies on April - 26.