Historical Events In April - 26

1709  On this day in history 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  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  1st Russian university opens (Moscow) on this day in history.  

1776  On this day in history 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  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 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 April - 26.  

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

1798  On this day in history ferdinand Eugene Delacroix, French painter/lithograph/etcher (Journal)  

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

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 this day in history.  

1812  Alfred Krupp, German arms merchant on April - 26.  

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

1819  On this day in history 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  On April - 26 frederick Law Olmsted, architect/writer (designed Central Park)  

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

1827  Bernardo Ottani, composer, dies at 90 on April - 26.  

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 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  William Shakespeare, Stratford-on-Avon England, playwright (Hamlet) was born on this day in history.  

1567  On this day in history birth of nicolas Forme, composer  

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

1603  On April - 26 birth of francesco Nigetti, composer  

1637  On this day in history birth of philip J van Lichtenbergh, Governor of Suriname, baptized  

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

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

1192  On this day in history death of emperor Go-Shirakawa of Japan (b. 1127)  

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  On this day in history 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  Death of Ashikaga Yoshihisa, Japanese shogun (b. 1465) on April - 26.  

1558  On April - 26 jean Francois Fernel, French physician, dies