Famous Personalities Born 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  Nicolas Forme, composer was born on April - 26.   

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

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  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  Thomas Reid, Scottish philosopher (d. 1796) was born on this day in history.   

1711  On April - 26 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  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 April - 26 birth of ludwig Uhland, writer   

1796  On this day in history 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 this day in history birth of ambrose Dudley Mann, American diplomat (d. 1889)   

1804  On April - 26 birth of charles Goodyear, American politician (d. 1876)   

1806  Ludwig Friedrich Hetsch, composer was born on April - 26.   

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

1822  On April - 26 birth of frederick Law Olmsted, architect/writer (designed Central Park)   

1822  On April - 26 birth of jan Albert van Eyken, composer/organist   

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

1826  On this day in history birth of ambrose R. Wright, American Civil War General (d. 1872   

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

1834  On April - 26 birth of artemus Ward, (Charles Farrar Browne), humorist   

1834  Horatio Richmond Palmer, composer was born on this day in history.   

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

1192  On this day in history death of emperor Go-Shirakawa of Japan (b. 1127)   

1196  On April - 26 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 this day in history 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  On April - 26 death of ashikaga Yoshihisa, Japanese shogun (b. 1465)   

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