Historical Events In April - 26
Saturday, 07 September 2024
1709 On this day in history frisian viceroy Johan Willem Friso marries countess Maria Louisa
1711 David Hume, English empiricist/philosopher (Treatise of Human Nature) on this day in history.
1718 On this day in history esek Hopkins, US, 1st commander-in-chief (US Navy)
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 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 Maria Amalia of Bourbon-Sicily, wife of Louis Phillip of Austria on this day in history.
1785 The birth of John James Audubon, American naturalist painter on April - 26.
1785 On April - 26 john James Audubon, Haiti, bird watcher/artist
1785 On this day in history 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 this day in history.
1798 The birth of Eugene Delacroix, French artist on this day in history.
1798 On this day in history ferdinand Eugene Delacroix, French painter/lithograph/etcher (Journal)
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 On this day in history ludwig Friedrich Hetsch, composer
1808 On this day in history martha Finley, children's book author
1812 On April - 26 alfred Krupp, German arms merchant
1814 King Louis XVIII lands on Calais, from England on April - 26.
1819 On April - 26 odd Fellows Lodge established
1819 On April - 26 odd Fellows Lodge forms
1820 On this day in history alice Cary, Cincinnati, American poet (Cincinnati Sentinel)
1822 On this day in history the birth of Frederick Law Olmsted, American architect
1822 Frederick Law Olmsted, architect/writer (designed Central Park) on this day in history.
1827 Charles Edward Hovey, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers) on this day in history.
1827 Bernardo Ottani, composer, dies at 90 on April - 26.
1828 Russia declares war on Turkey to support Greece's independence on April - 26.
1834 Artemus Ward, (Charles Farrar Browne), humorist on April - 26.
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