Page 2: Historical Events In April - 26

1709  On this day in history frisian viceroy Johan Willem Friso marries countess Maria Louisa   

1711  On April - 26 david Hume, English empiricist/philosopher (Treatise of Human Nature)   

1718  Esek Hopkins, US, 1st commander-in-chief (US Navy) on this day in history.   

1721  On April - 26 smallpox vaccination 1st administrated   

1726  Pasquale Paoli, Corsican freedom fighter on April - 26.   

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

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

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

1776  On this day in history joan M Kemper, Dutch lawyer (designed civil code law book)   

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 April - 26.   

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

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  Ludwig Uhland, writer on April - 26.   

1789  Peter I Panin, Russian general (Pugatshov-uprising), dies at about 67 on April - 26.   

1796  On this day in history auguste-Matthieu Panseron, composer   

1798  The birth of Eugene Delacroix, French artist on this day in history.   

1798  On April - 26 ferdinand Eugene Delacroix, French painter/lithograph/etcher (Journal)   

1803  On April - 26 meteorites fall in L'Aigle, France   

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  On this day in history martha Finley, children's book author   

1812  Alfred Krupp, German arms merchant on April - 26.   

1814  King Louis XVIII lands on Calais, from England on this day in history.   

1819  Odd Fellows Lodge established on this day in history.   

1819  Odd Fellows Lodge forms on this day in history.   

1820  On this day in history alice Cary, Cincinnati, American poet (Cincinnati Sentinel)   

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

1822  Frederick Law Olmsted, architect/writer (designed Central Park) on this day in history.   

1827  On April - 26 charles Edward Hovey, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)   

1827  Bernardo Ottani, composer, dies at 90 on April - 26.   

1828  Russia declares war on Turkey to support Greece's independence on this day in history.   

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

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

1567  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1637  Philip J van Lichtenbergh, Governor of Suriname, baptized was born on April - 26.   

1648  Pedro II, King of Portugal (1683-1706) was born on April - 26.   

0757  Stephen II, Pope (752-57), dies on April - 26.   

1192  Death of Emperor Go-Shirakawa of Japan (b. 1127) on April - 26.   

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

1478  Death of Giuliano de' Medici, Medeheerser of Florence, murdered at about 24 on April - 26.   

1489  On April - 26 death of ashikaga Yoshihisa, Japanese shogun (b. 1465)   

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