Famous Birthdays In April - 26
Friday, 26 July 2024
1319 Jean II, the Good, king of France (1350-64) was born on April - 26.
1538 Giovanni P Lomazzo, Italian writer/poet (Trattato) was born on this day in history.
1564 On April - 26 birth of william Shakespeare, Stratford-on-Avon England, playwright (Hamlet)
1567 On April - 26 birth of nicolas Forme, composer
1573 On this day in history birth of marie de'Medici, Queen of France
1603 Francesco Nigetti, composer was born on this day in history.
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 On April - 26 birth of maria Luisa of Orleans, queen consort of Spain (d. 1689)
1710 Thomas Reid, Scottish philosopher (d. 1796) was born on April - 26.
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 On this day in history birth of christian Leopold von Buch, German geologist (d. 1853)
1776 Joan M Kemper, Dutch lawyer (designed civil code law book) was born on this day in history.
1782 On April - 26 birth of maria Amalia of Bourbon-Sicily, wife of Louis Phillip of Austria
1785 On April - 26 birth of john James Audubon, Haiti, bird watcher/artist
1787 Ludwig Uhland, writer was born on April - 26.
1796 On this day in history 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 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 Martha Finley, children's book author was born on April - 26.
1812 Alfred Krupp, German arms merchant was born on this day in history.
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 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 Ambrose R. Wright, American Civil War General (d. 1872 was born on this day in history.
1827 Charles Edward Hovey, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers) was born on April - 26.
1834 On April - 26 birth of artemus Ward, (Charles Farrar Browne), humorist
1834 Horatio Richmond Palmer, composer was born on this day in history.