Historical Events In April - 26

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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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 this day in history 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 April - 26.   

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)   

0757  On April - 26 stephen II, Pope (752-57), dies   

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

1196  On April - 26 alfonso II, King of Aragon (1162-96), dies   

1444  Robert Campin, South Neth painter/porter of Doornik, dies at about 65 on this day in history.   

1476  Death of Simonetta Vespucci, inspiration of Botticelli (b.1453) on this day in history.   

1478  On April - 26 death of giuliano de' Medici, Medeheerser of Florence, murdered at about 24   

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

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