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 this day in history.   

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

1721  On April - 26 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  Daniel Defoe, English author (Robinson Crusoe), dies at about 70 on April - 26.   

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

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 April - 26.   

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

1796  Auguste-Matthieu Panseron, composer on April - 26.   

1798  On this day in history the birth of Eugene Delacroix, French artist   

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 this day in history.   

1806  Ludwig Friedrich Hetsch, composer on April - 26.   

1808  Martha Finley, children's book author on this day in history.   

1812  On this day in history 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 April - 26.   

1819  On this day in history odd Fellows Lodge forms   

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

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

1822  On April - 26 frederick Law Olmsted, architect/writer (designed Central Park)   

1827  On this day in history charles Edward Hovey, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)   

1827  On this day in history bernardo Ottani, composer, dies at 90   

1828  On this day in history 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  Giovanni P Lomazzo, Italian writer/poet (Trattato) was born on this day in history.   

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

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  Philip J van Lichtenbergh, Governor of Suriname, baptized was born on April - 26.   

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

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

1489  On this day in history death of ashikaga Yoshihisa, Japanese shogun (b. 1465)   

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