Famous Birthdays In April - 26
Sunday, 01 October 2023
1319 On this day in history birth of jean II, the Good, king of France (1350-64)
1538 On this day in history 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 Nicolas Forme, composer was born on April - 26.
1573 On April - 26 birth of marie de'Medici, Queen of France
1603 On April - 26 birth of francesco Nigetti, composer
1637 Philip J van Lichtenbergh, Governor of Suriname, baptized was born on April - 26.
1648 Pedro II, King of Portugal (1683-1706) was born on April - 26.
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 April - 26.
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 April - 26.
1782 Maria Amalia of Bourbon-Sicily, wife of Louis Phillip of Austria was born on this day in history.
1785 On April - 26 birth of john James Audubon, Haiti, bird watcher/artist
1787 Ludwig Uhland, writer was born on this day in history.
1796 On April - 26 birth of auguste-Matthieu Panseron, composer
1798 Ferdinand Eugene Delacroix, French painter/lithograph/etcher (Journal) was born on April - 26.
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 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 April - 26 birth of martha Finley, children's book author
1812 On this day in history birth of alfred Krupp, German arms merchant
1820 Alice Cary, Cincinnati, American poet (Cincinnati Sentinel) was born on April - 26.
1822 Frederick Law Olmsted, architect/writer (designed Central Park) was born on this day in history.
1822 On this day in history 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 Charles Edward Hovey, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers) was born on April - 26.
1834 Artemus Ward, (Charles Farrar Browne), humorist was born on this day in history.
1834 Horatio Richmond Palmer, composer was born on April - 26.