Page 2: 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 April - 26.   

1718  On this day in history esek Hopkins, US, 1st commander-in-chief (US Navy)   

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

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

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  Sybil Ludington, 16, rode from NY to Ct rallying her fathers militia on this day in history.   

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

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

1785  On April - 26 john James Audubon, Haiti, bird watcher/artist   

1785  On this day in history karl Siegmund von Seckendorff, composer, dies at 40   

1787  Ludwig Uhland, writer on April - 26.   

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

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

1812  On April - 26 alfred Krupp, German arms merchant   

1814  King Louis XVIII lands on Calais, from England on this day in history.   

1819  Odd Fellows Lodge established on this day in history.   

1819  Odd Fellows Lodge forms on this day in history.   

1820  On April - 26 alice Cary, Cincinnati, American poet (Cincinnati Sentinel)   

1822  The birth of Frederick Law Olmsted, American architect on this day in history.   

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  On April - 26 russia declares war on Turkey to support Greece's independence   

1834  On this day in history artemus Ward, (Charles Farrar Browne), humorist   

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1319  On April - 26 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 April - 26.   

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

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

1603  Francesco Nigetti, composer was born on April - 26.   

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

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

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 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  Death of Simonetta Vespucci, inspiration of Botticelli (b.1453) on this day in history.   

1478  On April - 26 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.