Historical Events In April - 26

1709  Frisian viceroy Johan Willem Friso marries countess Maria Louisa on April - 26.   

1711  David Hume, English empiricist/philosopher (Treatise of Human Nature) on this day in history.   

1718  Esek Hopkins, US, 1st commander-in-chief (US Navy) on April - 26.   

1721  Smallpox vaccination 1st administrated on April - 26.   

1726  Pasquale Paoli, Corsican freedom fighter on this day in history.   

1726  On April - 26 jeremy Collier, Engl bishop/historian/opponent to theater, dies at 75   

1731  On April - 26 daniel Defoe, English author (Robinson Crusoe), dies at about 70   

1755  On this day in history 1st Russian university opens (Moscow)   

1776  Joan M Kemper, Dutch lawyer (designed civil code law book) on this day in history.   

1777  On this day in history sybil Ludington, 16, rode from NY to Ct rallying her fathers militia   

1782  On April - 26 maria Amalia of Bourbon-Sicily, wife of Louis Phillip of Austria   

1785  The birth of John James Audubon, American naturalist painter on April - 26.   

1785  On this day in history john James Audubon, Haiti, bird watcher/artist   

1785  On April - 26 karl Siegmund von Seckendorff, composer, dies at 40   

1787  Ludwig Uhland, writer on this day in history.   

1789  On this day in history peter I Panin, Russian general (Pugatshov-uprising), dies at about 67   

1796  On this day in history auguste-Matthieu Panseron, composer   

1798  The birth of Eugene Delacroix, French artist on this day in history.   

1798  On this day in history ferdinand Eugene Delacroix, French painter/lithograph/etcher (Journal)   

1803  On April - 26 meteorites fall in L'Aigle, France   

1805  Jean BG d'ansse the Villoison, classic (Anecdota Graeca), dies at 55 on April - 26.   

1806  Ludwig Friedrich Hetsch, composer on April - 26.   

1808  Martha Finley, children's book author on this day in history.   

1812  Alfred Krupp, German arms merchant on April - 26.   

1814  King Louis XVIII lands on Calais, from England on April - 26.   

1819  On April - 26 odd Fellows Lodge established   

1819  On this day in history odd Fellows Lodge forms   

1820  On this day in history alice Cary, Cincinnati, American poet (Cincinnati Sentinel)   

1822  On this day in history the birth of Frederick Law Olmsted, American architect   

1822  On this day in history frederick Law Olmsted, architect/writer (designed Central Park)   

1827  Charles Edward Hovey, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers) on April - 26.   

1827  Bernardo Ottani, composer, dies at 90 on April - 26.   

1828  On April - 26 russia declares war on Turkey to support Greece's independence   

1834  Artemus Ward, (Charles Farrar Browne), humorist on this day in history.   

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1319  Jean II, the Good, king of France (1350-64) was born on April - 26.   

1538  Giovanni P Lomazzo, Italian writer/poet (Trattato) was born on April - 26.   

1564  On this day in history birth of william Shakespeare, Stratford-on-Avon England, playwright (Hamlet)   

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

1573  Marie de'Medici, Queen of France was born on April - 26.   

1603  On April - 26 birth of francesco Nigetti, composer   

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

1648  On April - 26 birth of pedro II, King of Portugal (1683-1706)   

0757  On this day in history stephen II, Pope (752-57), dies   

1192  On April - 26 death of emperor Go-Shirakawa of Japan (b. 1127)   

1196  On this day in history alfonso II, King of Aragon (1162-96), dies   

1444  On April - 26 robert Campin, South Neth painter/porter of Doornik, dies at about 65   

1476  On April - 26 death of simonetta Vespucci, inspiration of Botticelli (b.1453)   

1478  Death of Giuliano de' Medici, Medeheerser of Florence, murdered at about 24 on April - 26.   

1489  Death of Ashikaga Yoshihisa, Japanese shogun (b. 1465) on April - 26.   

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