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  Esek Hopkins, US, 1st commander-in-chief (US Navy) on this day in history.  

1721  On April - 26 smallpox vaccination 1st administrated  

1726  On April - 26 pasquale Paoli, Corsican freedom fighter  

1726  On this day in history 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 April - 26 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  On this day in history maria Amalia of Bourbon-Sicily, wife of Louis Phillip of Austria  

1785  The birth of John James Audubon, American naturalist painter on this day in history.  

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

1785  Karl Siegmund von Seckendorff, composer, dies at 40 on this day in history.  

1787  On April - 26 ludwig Uhland, writer  

1789  On this day in history peter I Panin, Russian general (Pugatshov-uprising), dies at about 67  

1796  Auguste-Matthieu Panseron, composer on this day in history.  

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

1798  On April - 26 ferdinand Eugene Delacroix, French painter/lithograph/etcher (Journal)  

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

1805  On this day in history jean BG d'ansse the Villoison, classic (Anecdota Graeca), dies at 55  

1806  Ludwig Friedrich Hetsch, composer on this day in history.  

1808  On this day in history 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  On April - 26 odd Fellows Lodge established  

1819  On this day in history odd Fellows Lodge forms  

1820  Alice Cary, Cincinnati, American poet (Cincinnati Sentinel) on April - 26.  

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

1822  Frederick Law Olmsted, architect/writer (designed Central Park) on this day in history.  

1827  On this day in history charles Edward Hovey, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)  

1827  On this day in history bernardo Ottani, composer, dies at 90  

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

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 this day in history.  

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 April - 26.  

1567  On April - 26 birth of nicolas Forme, composer  

1573  Marie de'Medici, Queen of France was born on April - 26.  

1603  Francesco Nigetti, composer was born on this day in history.  

1637  Philip J van Lichtenbergh, Governor of Suriname, baptized was born on April - 26.  

1648  Pedro II, King of Portugal (1683-1706) was born on April - 26.  

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

1192  Death of Emperor Go-Shirakawa of Japan (b. 1127) on this day in history.  

1196  On this day in history alfonso II, King of Aragon (1162-96), dies  

1444  On April - 26 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 April - 26.  

1489  On this day in history death of ashikaga Yoshihisa, Japanese shogun (b. 1465)  

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