Famous Birthdays In April - 26

1319  On April - 26 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 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  On April - 26 birth of marie de'Medici, Queen of France   

1603  On this day in history birth of francesco Nigetti, composer   

1637  On April - 26 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.   

1662  Maria Luisa of Orleans, queen consort of Spain (d. 1689) was born on April - 26.   

1710  On this day in history birth of thomas Reid, Scottish philosopher (d. 1796)   

1711  David Hume, English empiricist/philosopher (Treatise of Human Nature) was born on April - 26.   

1718  On this day in history birth of esek Hopkins, US, 1st commander-in-chief (US Navy)   

1726  On April - 26 birth of pasquale Paoli, Corsican freedom fighter   

1774  On this day in history birth of christian Leopold von Buch, German geologist (d. 1853)   

1776  On April - 26 birth of joan M Kemper, Dutch lawyer (designed civil code law book)   

1782  Maria Amalia of Bourbon-Sicily, wife of Louis Phillip of Austria was born on this day in history.   

1785  On April - 26 birth of john James Audubon, Haiti, bird watcher/artist   

1787  Ludwig Uhland, writer was born on this day in history.   

1796  Auguste-Matthieu Panseron, composer was born on this day in history.   

1798  On April - 26 birth of ferdinand Eugene Delacroix, French painter/lithograph/etcher (Journal)   

1798  James Beckwourth, American explorer (d. 1867) was born on this day in history.   

1801  Ambrose Dudley Mann, American diplomat (d. 1889) was born on April - 26.   

1804  Charles Goodyear, American politician (d. 1876) was born on this day in history.   

1806  Ludwig Friedrich Hetsch, composer was born on this day in history.   

1808  On April - 26 birth of martha Finley, children's book author   

1812  On April - 26 birth of alfred Krupp, German arms merchant   

1820  Alice Cary, Cincinnati, American poet (Cincinnati Sentinel) was born on this day in history.   

1822  Frederick Law Olmsted, architect/writer (designed Central Park) was born on this day in history.   

1822  Jan Albert van Eyken, composer/organist was born on this day in history.   

1826  On this day in history birth of george Hull Ward, American general (d. 1863)   

1826  Ambrose R. Wright, American Civil War General (d. 1872 was born on this day in history.   

1827  On this day in history birth of charles Edward Hovey, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)   

1834  Artemus Ward, (Charles Farrar Browne), humorist was born on April - 26.   

1834  On this day in history birth of horatio Richmond Palmer, composer   

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0757  Stephen II, Pope (752-57), dies on April - 26.   

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  Robert Campin, South Neth painter/porter of Doornik, dies at about 65 on this day in history.   

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

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  On April - 26 jean Francois Fernel, French physician, dies