Famous Birthdays In April - 26

1319  On April - 26 birth of jean II, the Good, king of France (1350-64)  

1538  Giovanni P Lomazzo, Italian writer/poet (Trattato) was born on April - 26.  

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  Marie de'Medici, Queen of France was born on April - 26.  

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

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

1710  On April - 26 birth of thomas Reid, Scottish philosopher (d. 1796)  

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1711  David Hume, English empiricist/philosopher (Treatise of Human Nature) was born on this day in history.  

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

1726  Pasquale Paoli, Corsican freedom fighter was born on this day in history.  

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  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 this day in history birth of auguste-Matthieu Panseron, composer  

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

1798  On April - 26 birth of james Beckwourth, American explorer (d. 1867)  

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 this day in history.  

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

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

1826  George Hull Ward, American general (d. 1863) was born on this day in history.  

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 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 April - 26.  

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 April - 26.  

1476  On this day in history 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  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