Page 2: Historical Events In April - 26

1709  Frisian viceroy Johan Willem Friso marries countess Maria Louisa on this day in history.   

1711  David Hume, English empiricist/philosopher (Treatise of Human Nature) on April - 26.   

1718  On this day in history esek Hopkins, US, 1st commander-in-chief (US Navy)   

1721  On this day in history smallpox vaccination 1st administrated   

1726  Pasquale Paoli, Corsican freedom fighter on this day in history.   

1726  On this day in history jeremy Collier, Engl bishop/historian/opponent to theater, dies at 75   

1731  On April - 26 daniel Defoe, English author (Robinson Crusoe), dies at about 70   

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

1776  On April - 26 joan M Kemper, Dutch lawyer (designed civil code law book)   

1777  Sybil Ludington, 16, rode from NY to Ct rallying her fathers militia on this day in history.   

1782  Maria Amalia of Bourbon-Sicily, wife of Louis Phillip of Austria on April - 26.   

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 this day in history karl Siegmund von Seckendorff, composer, dies at 40   

1787  On this day in history ludwig Uhland, writer   

1789  Peter I Panin, Russian general (Pugatshov-uprising), dies at about 67 on April - 26.   

1796  On April - 26 auguste-Matthieu Panseron, composer   

1798  The birth of Eugene Delacroix, French artist on April - 26.   

1798  On this day in history ferdinand Eugene Delacroix, French painter/lithograph/etcher (Journal)   

1803  Meteorites fall in L'Aigle, France on this day in history.   

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  Martha Finley, children's book author on this day in history.   

1812  On this day in history alfred Krupp, German arms merchant   

1814  King Louis XVIII lands on Calais, from England on this day in history.   

1819  On this day in history odd Fellows Lodge established   

1819  On this day in history odd Fellows Lodge forms   

1820  On April - 26 alice Cary, Cincinnati, American poet (Cincinnati Sentinel)   

1822  The birth of Frederick Law Olmsted, American architect on April - 26.   

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

1827  Charles Edward Hovey, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers) on April - 26.   

1827  On April - 26 bernardo Ottani, composer, dies at 90   

1828  Russia declares war on Turkey to support Greece's independence on April - 26.   

1834  On this day in history artemus Ward, (Charles Farrar Browne), humorist   

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1319  Jean II, the Good, king of France (1350-64) was born on this day in history.   

1538  On this day in history birth of giovanni P Lomazzo, Italian writer/poet (Trattato)   

1564  On April - 26 birth of william Shakespeare, Stratford-on-Avon England, playwright (Hamlet)   

1567  Nicolas Forme, composer was born on April - 26.   

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 this day in history birth of philip J van Lichtenbergh, Governor of Suriname, baptized   

1648  On April - 26 birth of pedro II, King of Portugal (1683-1706)   

0757  On April - 26 stephen II, Pope (752-57), dies   

1192  Death of Emperor Go-Shirakawa of Japan (b. 1127) on April - 26.   

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

1444  On this day in history robert Campin, South Neth painter/porter of Doornik, dies at about 65   

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  Death of Ashikaga Yoshihisa, Japanese shogun (b. 1465) on April - 26.   

1558  Jean Francois Fernel, French physician, dies on April - 26.