Historical Events In April - 26

1709  On April - 26 frisian viceroy Johan Willem Friso marries countess Maria Louisa  

1711  On this day in history david Hume, English empiricist/philosopher (Treatise of Human Nature)  

1718  On April - 26 esek Hopkins, US, 1st commander-in-chief (US Navy)  

1721  On this day in history smallpox vaccination 1st administrated  

1726  On April - 26 pasquale Paoli, Corsican freedom fighter  

1726  On April - 26 jeremy Collier, Engl bishop/historian/opponent to theater, dies at 75  

1731  Daniel Defoe, English author (Robinson Crusoe), dies at about 70 on this day in history.  

1755  On this day in history 1st Russian university opens (Moscow)  

1776  Joan M Kemper, Dutch lawyer (designed civil code law book) on this day in history.  

1777  On this day in history sybil Ludington, 16, rode from NY to Ct rallying her fathers militia  

1782  Maria Amalia of Bourbon-Sicily, wife of Louis Phillip of Austria on this day in history.  

1785  On April - 26 the birth of John James Audubon, American naturalist painter  

1785  John James Audubon, Haiti, bird watcher/artist on April - 26.  

1785  On April - 26 karl Siegmund von Seckendorff, composer, dies at 40  

1787  On April - 26 ludwig Uhland, writer  

1789  On April - 26 peter I Panin, Russian general (Pugatshov-uprising), dies at about 67  

1796  Auguste-Matthieu Panseron, composer on April - 26.  

1798  On this day in history the birth of Eugene Delacroix, French artist  

1798  Ferdinand Eugene Delacroix, French painter/lithograph/etcher (Journal) on this day in history.  

1803  On April - 26 meteorites fall in L'Aigle, France  

1805  On April - 26 jean BG d'ansse the Villoison, classic (Anecdota Graeca), dies at 55  

1806  Ludwig Friedrich Hetsch, composer on April - 26.  

1808  On April - 26 martha Finley, children's book author  

1812  On April - 26 alfred Krupp, German arms merchant  

1814  On this day in history king Louis XVIII lands on Calais, from England  

1819  Odd Fellows Lodge established on April - 26.  

1819  Odd Fellows Lodge forms on this day in history.  

1820  On this day in history alice Cary, Cincinnati, American poet (Cincinnati Sentinel)  

1822  On this day in history the birth of Frederick Law Olmsted, American architect  

1822  On April - 26 frederick Law Olmsted, architect/writer (designed Central Park)  

1827  On April - 26 charles Edward Hovey, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)  

1827  Bernardo Ottani, composer, dies at 90 on April - 26.  

1828  On April - 26 russia declares war on Turkey to support Greece's independence  

1834  Artemus Ward, (Charles Farrar Browne), humorist on April - 26.  

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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 April - 26.  

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  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 April - 26 birth of pedro II, King of Portugal (1683-1706)  

0757  Stephen II, Pope (752-57), dies on this day in history.  

1192  On April - 26 death of emperor Go-Shirakawa of Japan (b. 1127)  

1196  Alfonso II, King of Aragon (1162-96), dies on this day in history.  

1444  Robert Campin, South Neth painter/porter of Doornik, dies at about 65 on April - 26.  

1476  Death of Simonetta Vespucci, inspiration of Botticelli (b.1453) on April - 26.  

1478  Death of Giuliano de' Medici, Medeheerser of Florence, murdered at about 24 on this day in history.  

1489  On April - 26 death of ashikaga Yoshihisa, Japanese shogun (b. 1465)  

1558  Jean Francois Fernel, French physician, dies on this day in history.