Page 2: Historical Events In April - 26

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

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

1718  Esek Hopkins, US, 1st commander-in-chief (US Navy) on April - 26.   

1721  Smallpox vaccination 1st administrated on this day in history.   

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

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 April - 26.   

1782  On this day in history maria Amalia of Bourbon-Sicily, wife of Louis Phillip of Austria   

1785  On this day in history the birth of John James Audubon, American naturalist painter   

1785  On this day in history john James Audubon, Haiti, bird watcher/artist   

1785  Karl Siegmund von Seckendorff, composer, dies at 40 on April - 26.   

1787  Ludwig Uhland, writer on this day in history.   

1789  Peter I Panin, Russian general (Pugatshov-uprising), dies at about 67 on this day in history.   

1796  On this day in history auguste-Matthieu Panseron, composer   

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

1806  On this day in history ludwig Friedrich Hetsch, composer   

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

1812  On April - 26 alfred Krupp, German arms merchant   

1814  King Louis XVIII lands on Calais, from England on April - 26.   

1819  On April - 26 odd Fellows Lodge established   

1819  Odd Fellows Lodge forms on April - 26.   

1820  Alice Cary, Cincinnati, American poet (Cincinnati Sentinel) on this day in history.   

1822  On April - 26 the birth of Frederick Law Olmsted, American architect   

1822  Frederick Law Olmsted, architect/writer (designed Central Park) on April - 26.   

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 this day in history.   

1834  Artemus Ward, (Charles Farrar Browne), humorist on this day in history.   

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1319  On this day in history birth of jean II, the Good, king of France (1350-64)   

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

1564  On this day in history birth of william Shakespeare, Stratford-on-Avon England, playwright (Hamlet)   

1567  Nicolas Forme, composer was born on this day in history.   

1573  Marie de'Medici, Queen of France was born on this day in history.   

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

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

1648  Pedro II, King of Portugal (1683-1706) was born on this day in history.   

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

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

1196  Alfonso II, King of Aragon (1162-96), dies on April - 26.   

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

1489  Death of Ashikaga Yoshihisa, Japanese shogun (b. 1465) on April - 26.   

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