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 this day in history.   

1718  Esek Hopkins, US, 1st commander-in-chief (US Navy) on this day in history.   

1721  On this day in history smallpox vaccination 1st administrated   

1726  Pasquale Paoli, Corsican freedom fighter on April - 26.   

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

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

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

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

1777  On April - 26 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 April - 26.   

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

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

1787  Ludwig Uhland, writer on this day in history.   

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

1798  Ferdinand Eugene Delacroix, French painter/lithograph/etcher (Journal) on April - 26.   

1803  Meteorites fall in L'Aigle, France on April - 26.   

1805  Jean BG d'ansse the Villoison, classic (Anecdota Graeca), dies at 55 on April - 26.   

1806  Ludwig Friedrich Hetsch, composer on April - 26.   

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

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

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

1819  On this day in history odd Fellows Lodge established   

1819  On this day in history odd Fellows Lodge forms   

1820  On this day in history alice Cary, Cincinnati, American poet (Cincinnati Sentinel)   

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 April - 26 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 this day in history.   

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

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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  William Shakespeare, Stratford-on-Avon England, playwright (Hamlet) was born on April - 26.   

1567  On April - 26 birth of nicolas Forme, composer   

1573  On this day in history birth of marie de'Medici, Queen of France   

1603  On April - 26 birth of francesco Nigetti, composer   

1637  On April - 26 birth of philip J van Lichtenbergh, Governor of Suriname, baptized   

1648  On this day in history birth of pedro II, King of Portugal (1683-1706)   

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

1192  On April - 26 death of emperor Go-Shirakawa of Japan (b. 1127)   

1196  On April - 26 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 this day in history.   

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.