Historical Events In April - 26
Friday, 29 August 2025
0121 On April - 26 antonius Marcus Aurelius, [Marcus A Verus], Emperor of Rome (161-180)
0570 On this day in history muhammed, founder of Islam, according to the Shi'a sect. Other sources suggest April 20.
0757 Paolo Orsini replaces his brother Pope Stephen II, as Paul I on this day in history.
0757 On April - 26 stephen II, Pope (752-57), dies
1196 On April - 26 alfonso II, King of Aragon (1162-96), dies
1220 German king Frederick II grants bishops sovereign rights on this day in history.
1319 On April - 26 jean II, the Good, king of France (1350-64)
1444 On this day in history robert Campin, South Neth painter/porter of Doornik, dies at about 65
1467 The miraculous image in Our Lady of Good Counsel appear in Genazzano, Italy on this day in history.
1476 On this day in history simonetta Vespucci, inspiration of Botticelli (b.1453)
1478 Pazzi conspirators attack Lorenzo & kill Giuliano de'Medici on this day in history.
1478 1st Easter on April - 26.
1478 Giuliano de' Medici, Medeheerser of Florence, murdered at about 24 on this day in history.
1514 On this day in history copernicus makes his first observations of Saturn
1514 Copernicus makes his observations of Saturn on April - 26.
1514 Copernicus makes his 1st observations of Saturn on this day in history.
1532 On April - 26 sultan Suleiman through Hungary on away to Vienna
1538 On this day in history giovanni P Lomazzo, Italian writer/poet (Trattato)
1558 Jean Fran‡ois Fernel French physician, dies on this day in history.
1558 Jean Francois Fernel, French physician, dies on April - 26.
1564 On April - 26 william Shakespeare baptized
1564 On this day in history william Shakespeare, Stratford-on-Avon England, playwright (Hamlet)
1567 On this day in history nicolas Forme, composer
1573 Marie de'Medici, Queen of France on April - 26.
1603 Francesco Nigetti, composer on April - 26.
1607 On this day in history the first British to establish an American colony land at Cape Henry, Va
1607 1st British to establish an American colony land at Cape Henry, Va on this day in history.
1637 On this day in history philip J van Lichtenbergh, Governor of Suriname, baptized
1648 Pedro II, King of Portugal (1683-1706) on this day in history.
1648 On this day in history christoph Thomas Walliser, composer, dies at 79
1654 On this day in history jews are expelled from Brazil
1655 Dutch West Indies Co denies Peter Stuyvesant's desire to exclude Jews from New Amsterdam on this day in history.
1677 On this day in history emperor Leopold I forms University of Innsbruck
1703 Georg Christoph Leuttner, composer, dies at 58 on April - 26.
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