Historical Events In April - 26
Thursday, 18 September 2025
0121 On this day in history 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 On April - 26 paolo Orsini replaces his brother Pope Stephen II, as Paul I
0757 Stephen II, Pope (752-57), dies on this day in history.
1196 Alfonso II, King of Aragon (1162-96), dies on April - 26.
1220 German king Frederick II grants bishops sovereign rights on this day in history.
1319 Jean II, the Good, king of France (1350-64) on this day in history.
1444 On this day in history robert Campin, South Neth painter/porter of Doornik, dies at about 65
1467 On April - 26 the miraculous image in Our Lady of Good Counsel appear in Genazzano, Italy.
1476 On April - 26 simonetta Vespucci, inspiration of Botticelli (b.1453)
1478 Pazzi conspirators attack Lorenzo & kill Giuliano de'Medici on April - 26.
1478 On April - 26 1st Easter
1478 Giuliano de' Medici, Medeheerser of Florence, murdered at about 24 on April - 26.
1514 Copernicus makes his first observations of Saturn on this day in history.
1514 On April - 26 copernicus makes his observations of Saturn
1514 On April - 26 copernicus makes his 1st observations of Saturn
1532 Sultan Suleiman through Hungary on away to Vienna on this day in history.
1538 Giovanni P Lomazzo, Italian writer/poet (Trattato) on April - 26.
1558 Jean Fran‡ois Fernel French physician, dies on April - 26.
1558 Jean Francois Fernel, French physician, dies on April - 26.
1564 William Shakespeare baptized on this day in history.
1564 On April - 26 william Shakespeare, Stratford-on-Avon England, playwright (Hamlet)
1567 Nicolas Forme, composer on this day in history.
1573 Marie de'Medici, Queen of France on April - 26.
1603 Francesco Nigetti, composer on April - 26.
1607 On April - 26 the first British to establish an American colony land at Cape Henry, Va
1607 On April - 26 1st British to establish an American colony land at Cape Henry, Va
1637 On this day in history philip J van Lichtenbergh, Governor of Suriname, baptized
1648 On this day in history pedro II, King of Portugal (1683-1706)
1648 On April - 26 christoph Thomas Walliser, composer, dies at 79
1654 Jews are expelled from Brazil on April - 26.
1655 On April - 26 dutch West Indies Co denies Peter Stuyvesant's desire to exclude Jews from New Amsterdam
1677 On April - 26 emperor Leopold I forms University of Innsbruck
1703 Georg Christoph Leuttner, composer, dies at 58 on this day in history.
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