Page 2: Historical Events In April - 26

1709  On this day in history 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 this day in history esek Hopkins, US, 1st commander-in-chief (US Navy)   

1721  Smallpox vaccination 1st administrated on April - 26.   

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

1726  Jeremy Collier, Engl bishop/historian/opponent to theater, dies at 75 on this day in history.   

1731  On this day in history daniel Defoe, English author (Robinson Crusoe), dies at about 70   

1755  1st Russian university opens (Moscow) on April - 26.   

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

1777  Sybil Ludington, 16, rode from NY to Ct rallying her fathers militia on April - 26.   

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

1785  The birth of John James Audubon, American naturalist painter on April - 26.   

1785  John James Audubon, Haiti, bird watcher/artist on this day in history.   

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  Auguste-Matthieu Panseron, composer on April - 26.   

1798  On April - 26 the birth of Eugene Delacroix, French artist   

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

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

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

1806  On April - 26 ludwig Friedrich Hetsch, composer   

1808  On this day in history martha Finley, children's book author   

1812  Alfred Krupp, German arms merchant on this day in history.   

1814  On April - 26 king Louis XVIII lands on Calais, from England   

1819  Odd Fellows Lodge established on this day in history.   

1819  On April - 26 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  Charles Edward Hovey, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers) on this day in history.   

1827  Bernardo Ottani, composer, dies at 90 on this day in history.   

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

1834  On April - 26 artemus Ward, (Charles Farrar Browne), humorist   

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1319  Jean II, the Good, king of France (1350-64) was born on April - 26.   

1538  On April - 26 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  Marie de'Medici, Queen of France was born on this day in history.   

1603  On April - 26 birth of francesco Nigetti, composer   

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  On this day in history stephen II, Pope (752-57), dies   

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  Robert Campin, South Neth painter/porter of Doornik, dies at about 65 on this day in history.   

1476  On April - 26 death of simonetta Vespucci, inspiration of Botticelli (b.1453)   

1478  Death of Giuliano de' Medici, Medeheerser of Florence, murdered at about 24 on April - 26.   

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

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