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

1567  Nicolas Forme, composer was born on April - 26.  

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 April - 26.  

1648  On this day in history birth of pedro II, King of Portugal (1683-1706)  

1662  On this day in history birth of maria Luisa of Orleans, queen consort of Spain (d. 1689)  

1710  Thomas Reid, Scottish philosopher (d. 1796) was born on April - 26.  

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1711  On April - 26 birth of david Hume, English empiricist/philosopher (Treatise of Human Nature)  

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 this day in history.  

1782  Maria Amalia of Bourbon-Sicily, wife of Louis Phillip of Austria was born on April - 26.  

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

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

1796  On April - 26 birth of auguste-Matthieu Panseron, composer  

1798  On this day in history 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 April - 26.  

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

1808  On this day in history birth of martha Finley, children's book author  

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

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

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  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  Charles Edward Hovey, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers) was born on this day in history.  

1834  On this day in history birth of artemus Ward, (Charles Farrar Browne), humorist  

1834  Horatio Richmond Palmer, composer was born on April - 26.  

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

1444  Robert Campin, South Neth painter/porter of Doornik, dies at about 65 on this day in history.  

1476  On this day in history death of simonetta Vespucci, inspiration of Botticelli (b.1453)  

1478  On April - 26 death of giuliano de' Medici, Medeheerser of Florence, murdered at about 24  

1489  On this day in history death of ashikaga Yoshihisa, Japanese shogun (b. 1465)  

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