Famous Birthdays In April - 26
Thursday, 23 March 2023
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 this day in history.
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 April - 26.
1603 Francesco Nigetti, composer was born on April - 26.
1637 On this day in history birth of philip J van Lichtenbergh, Governor of Suriname, baptized
1648 On this day in history birth of pedro II, King of Portugal (1683-1706)
1662 Maria Luisa of Orleans, queen consort of Spain (d. 1689) was born on this day in history.
1710 Thomas Reid, Scottish philosopher (d. 1796) was born on this day in history.
1711 David Hume, English empiricist/philosopher (Treatise of Human Nature) was born on April - 26.
1718 Esek Hopkins, US, 1st commander-in-chief (US Navy) was born on April - 26.
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 Joan M Kemper, Dutch lawyer (designed civil code law book) was born on April - 26.
1782 Maria Amalia of Bourbon-Sicily, wife of Louis Phillip of Austria was born on this day in history.
1785 John James Audubon, Haiti, bird watcher/artist was born on April - 26.
1787 Ludwig Uhland, writer was born on this day in history.
1796 On April - 26 birth of auguste-Matthieu Panseron, composer
1798 On April - 26 birth of ferdinand Eugene Delacroix, French painter/lithograph/etcher (Journal)
1798 On this day in history birth of james Beckwourth, American explorer (d. 1867)
1801 On April - 26 birth of ambrose Dudley Mann, American diplomat (d. 1889)
1804 Charles Goodyear, American politician (d. 1876) was born on April - 26.
1806 Ludwig Friedrich Hetsch, composer was born on this day in history.
1808 Martha Finley, children's book author was born on this day in history.
1812 On this day in history birth of alfred Krupp, German arms merchant
1820 Alice Cary, Cincinnati, American poet (Cincinnati Sentinel) was born on this day in history.
1822 On April - 26 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 George Hull Ward, American general (d. 1863) was born on April - 26.
1826 On April - 26 birth of ambrose R. Wright, American Civil War General (d. 1872
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 April - 26 birth of horatio Richmond Palmer, composer