Famous Birthdays In April - 26
Tuesday, 19 March 2024
1319 On April - 26 birth of jean II, the Good, king of France (1350-64)
1538 On April - 26 birth of giovanni P Lomazzo, Italian writer/poet (Trattato)
1564 William Shakespeare, Stratford-on-Avon England, playwright (Hamlet) was born on this day in history.
1567 On this day in history birth of nicolas Forme, composer
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 April - 26 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 April - 26.
1710 On this day in history birth of thomas Reid, Scottish philosopher (d. 1796)
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 April - 26 birth of pasquale Paoli, Corsican freedom fighter
1774 On April - 26 birth of christian Leopold von Buch, German geologist (d. 1853)
1776 On this day in history 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 John James Audubon, Haiti, bird watcher/artist was born on this day in history.
1787 On April - 26 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 James Beckwourth, American explorer (d. 1867) was born on this day in history.
1801 On this day in history birth of ambrose Dudley Mann, American diplomat (d. 1889)
1804 On this day in history birth of charles Goodyear, American politician (d. 1876)
1806 On April - 26 birth of ludwig Friedrich Hetsch, composer
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 Frederick Law Olmsted, architect/writer (designed Central Park) was born on this day in history.
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 Artemus Ward, (Charles Farrar Browne), humorist was born on this day in history.
1834 Horatio Richmond Palmer, composer was born on this day in history.