Famous Birthdays In April - 26
Saturday, 07 September 2024
1319 On this day in history 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 April - 26 birth of william Shakespeare, Stratford-on-Avon England, playwright (Hamlet)
1567 On April - 26 birth of nicolas Forme, composer
1573 Marie de'Medici, Queen of France was born on this day in history.
1603 Francesco Nigetti, composer was born on April - 26.
1637 Philip J van Lichtenbergh, Governor of Suriname, baptized was born on this day in history.
1648 Pedro II, King of Portugal (1683-1706) was born on this day in history.
1662 On April - 26 birth of maria Luisa of Orleans, queen consort of Spain (d. 1689)
1710 Thomas Reid, Scottish philosopher (d. 1796) was born on this day in history.
1711 On April - 26 birth of david Hume, English empiricist/philosopher (Treatise of Human Nature)
1718 Esek Hopkins, US, 1st commander-in-chief (US Navy) was born on April - 26.
1726 Pasquale Paoli, Corsican freedom fighter was born on April - 26.
1774 On this day in history birth of christian Leopold von Buch, German geologist (d. 1853)
1776 Joan M Kemper, Dutch lawyer (designed civil code law book) was born on this day in history.
1782 Maria Amalia of Bourbon-Sicily, wife of Louis Phillip of Austria was born on this day in history.
1785 On April - 26 birth of john James Audubon, Haiti, bird watcher/artist
1787 On this day in history birth of ludwig Uhland, writer
1796 On this day in history birth of auguste-Matthieu Panseron, composer
1798 On April - 26 birth of ferdinand Eugene Delacroix, French painter/lithograph/etcher (Journal)
1798 On this day in history birth of james Beckwourth, American explorer (d. 1867)
1801 On this day in history birth of ambrose Dudley Mann, American diplomat (d. 1889)
1804 Charles Goodyear, American politician (d. 1876) was born on this day in history.
1806 On April - 26 birth of ludwig Friedrich Hetsch, composer
1808 Martha Finley, children's book author was born on April - 26.
1812 Alfred Krupp, German arms merchant was born on April - 26.
1820 Alice Cary, Cincinnati, American poet (Cincinnati Sentinel) was born on April - 26.
1822 On this day in history birth of frederick Law Olmsted, architect/writer (designed Central Park)
1822 On April - 26 birth of jan Albert van Eyken, composer/organist
1826 On this day in history birth of george Hull Ward, American general (d. 1863)
1826 Ambrose R. Wright, American Civil War General (d. 1872 was born on this day in history.
1827 Charles Edward Hovey, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers) was born on April - 26.
1834 On April - 26 birth of artemus Ward, (Charles Farrar Browne), humorist
1834 Horatio Richmond Palmer, composer was born on April - 26.