Historical Events In April - 26

1709  Frisian viceroy Johan Willem Friso marries countess Maria Louisa on April - 26.  

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 this day in history.  

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

1755  1st Russian university opens (Moscow) on this day in history.  

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

1785  On April - 26 the birth of John James Audubon, American naturalist painter  

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

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

1787  Ludwig Uhland, writer on April - 26.  

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 April - 26.  

1798  Ferdinand Eugene Delacroix, French painter/lithograph/etcher (Journal) on this day in history.  

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

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  On this day in history alfred Krupp, German arms merchant  

1814  On this day in history king Louis XVIII lands on Calais, from England  

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  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 this day in history.  

1827  Bernardo Ottani, composer, dies at 90 on this day in history.  

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

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 April - 26 birth of nicolas Forme, composer  

1573  On April - 26 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  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 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  On this day in history 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  Death of Giuliano de' Medici, Medeheerser of Florence, murdered at about 24 on April - 26.  

1489  Death of Ashikaga Yoshihisa, Japanese shogun (b. 1465) on this day in history.  

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