Famous Birthdays In April - 26

1319  Jean II, the Good, king of France (1350-64) was born on this day in history.  

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  On April - 26 birth of nicolas Forme, composer  

1573  Marie de'Medici, Queen of France was born on this day in history.  

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

1662  On April - 26 birth of maria Luisa of Orleans, queen consort of Spain (d. 1689)  

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

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1711  On this day in history birth of david Hume, English empiricist/philosopher (Treatise of Human Nature)  

1718  On April - 26 birth of esek Hopkins, US, 1st commander-in-chief (US Navy)  

1726  On this day in history birth of pasquale Paoli, Corsican freedom fighter  

1774  Christian Leopold von Buch, German geologist (d. 1853) was born on this day in history.  

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

1782  On this day in history birth of maria Amalia of Bourbon-Sicily, wife of Louis Phillip of Austria  

1785  John James Audubon, Haiti, bird watcher/artist was born on April - 26.  

1787  On this day in history birth of ludwig Uhland, writer  

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

1798  Ferdinand Eugene Delacroix, French painter/lithograph/etcher (Journal) was born on this day in history.  

1798  James Beckwourth, American explorer (d. 1867) was born on April - 26.  

1801  On this day in history birth of ambrose Dudley Mann, American diplomat (d. 1889)  

1804  Charles Goodyear, American politician (d. 1876) was born on April - 26.  

1806  On this day in history birth of ludwig Friedrich Hetsch, composer  

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

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

1820  Alice Cary, Cincinnati, American poet (Cincinnati Sentinel) was born on April - 26.  

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

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 April - 26.  

1827  On April - 26 birth of charles Edward Hovey, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)  

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

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

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

1192  Death of Emperor Go-Shirakawa of Japan (b. 1127) on this day in history.  

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

1444  On April - 26 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  Death of Giuliano de' Medici, Medeheerser of Florence, murdered at about 24 on this day in history.  

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

1558  On this day in history jean Francois Fernel, French physician, dies