Famous Personalities Born In April - 26

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  On April - 26 birth of william Shakespeare, Stratford-on-Avon England, playwright (Hamlet)   

1567  On this day in history birth of nicolas Forme, composer   

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

1603  On this day in history birth of francesco Nigetti, composer   

1637  On April - 26 birth of philip J van Lichtenbergh, Governor of Suriname, baptized   

1648  On this day in history birth of pedro II, King of Portugal (1683-1706)   

1662  On this day in history 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 this day in history 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  Christian Leopold von Buch, German geologist (d. 1853) was born on April - 26.   

1776  On April - 26 birth of joan M Kemper, Dutch lawyer (designed civil code law book)   

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

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  Auguste-Matthieu Panseron, composer was born on April - 26.   

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

1798  On April - 26 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  Ludwig Friedrich Hetsch, composer was born on April - 26.   

1808  Martha Finley, children's book author was born on April - 26.   

1812  On this day in history birth of alfred Krupp, German arms merchant   

1820  Alice Cary, Cincinnati, American poet (Cincinnati Sentinel) was born on this day in history.   

1822  Frederick Law Olmsted, architect/writer (designed Central Park) was born on April - 26.   

1822  On this day in history birth of jan Albert van Eyken, composer/organist   

1826  George Hull Ward, American general (d. 1863) was born on this day in history.   

1826  On this day in history birth of ambrose R. Wright, American Civil War General (d. 1872   

1827  Charles Edward Hovey, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers) was born on this day in history.   

1834  Artemus Ward, (Charles Farrar Browne), humorist was born on April - 26.   

1834  Horatio Richmond Palmer, composer was born on April - 26.   

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0757  On this day in history stephen II, Pope (752-57), dies   

1192  On this day in history death of emperor Go-Shirakawa of Japan (b. 1127)   

1196  Alfonso II, King of Aragon (1162-96), dies on April - 26.   

1444  On April - 26 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 this day in history.   

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

1558  Jean Francois Fernel, French physician, dies on April - 26.