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 April - 26.   

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

1726  On April - 26 jeremy Collier, Engl bishop/historian/opponent to theater, dies at 75   

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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1785  The birth of John James Audubon, American naturalist painter on April - 26.   

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

1785  On April - 26 karl Siegmund von Seckendorff, composer, dies at 40   

1787  On this day in history ludwig Uhland, writer   

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 April - 26.   

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

1803  Meteorites fall in L'Aigle, France on this day in history.   

1805  On this day in history 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  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 this day in history.   

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

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

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

1827  Charles Edward Hovey, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers) on April - 26.   

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  Jean II, the Good, king of France (1350-64) was born on April - 26.   

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  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 April - 26.   

1637  On April - 26 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  Death of Emperor Go-Shirakawa of Japan (b. 1127) on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history death of simonetta Vespucci, inspiration of Botticelli (b.1453)   

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 this day in history.   

1558  Jean Francois Fernel, French physician, dies on this day in history.