Page 2: Historical Events In April - 26

1709  Frisian viceroy Johan Willem Friso marries countess Maria Louisa on April - 26.   

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

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

1721  On April - 26 smallpox vaccination 1st administrated   

1726  On April - 26 pasquale Paoli, Corsican freedom fighter   

1726  Jeremy Collier, Engl bishop/historian/opponent to theater, dies at 75 on April - 26.   

1731  Daniel Defoe, English author (Robinson Crusoe), dies at about 70 on April - 26.   

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

1776  Joan M Kemper, Dutch lawyer (designed civil code law book) on April - 26.   

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

1782  On April - 26 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  On April - 26 john James Audubon, Haiti, bird watcher/artist   

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

1787  Ludwig Uhland, writer on this day in history.   

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

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

1798  The birth of Eugene Delacroix, French artist on this day in history.   

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

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  On April - 26 ludwig Friedrich Hetsch, composer   

1808  Martha Finley, children's book author on April - 26.   

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

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

1819  On April - 26 odd Fellows Lodge established   

1819  Odd Fellows Lodge forms on this day in history.   

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

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

1822  On this day in history frederick Law Olmsted, architect/writer (designed Central Park)   

1827  Charles Edward Hovey, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers) on this day in history.   

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

1828  On this day in history 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  On April - 26 birth of jean II, the Good, king of France (1350-64)   

1538  Giovanni P Lomazzo, Italian writer/poet (Trattato) was born on this day in history.   

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

1567  On April - 26 birth of nicolas Forme, composer   

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

1603  On this day in history birth of francesco Nigetti, composer   

1637  Philip J van Lichtenbergh, Governor of Suriname, baptized was born on this day in history.   

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

0757  Stephen II, Pope (752-57), dies on April - 26.   

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

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

1478  On this day in history death of giuliano de' Medici, Medeheerser of Florence, murdered at about 24   

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

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