Historical Events In April - 26

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

1711  On this day in history david Hume, English empiricist/philosopher (Treatise of Human Nature)   

1718  On this day in history esek Hopkins, US, 1st commander-in-chief (US Navy)   

1721  On this day in history smallpox vaccination 1st administrated   

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

1726  On this day in history 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  On this day in history 1st Russian university opens (Moscow)   

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

1777  On April - 26 sybil Ludington, 16, rode from NY to Ct rallying her fathers militia   

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 this day in history.   

1785  On April - 26 john James Audubon, Haiti, bird watcher/artist   

1785  Karl Siegmund von Seckendorff, composer, dies at 40 on this day in history.   

1787  Ludwig Uhland, writer on this day in history.   

1789  Peter I Panin, Russian general (Pugatshov-uprising), dies at about 67 on this day in history.   

1796  On April - 26 auguste-Matthieu Panseron, composer   

1798  The birth of Eugene Delacroix, French artist on April - 26.   

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

1803  Meteorites fall in L'Aigle, France on this day in history.   

1805  On April - 26 jean BG d'ansse the Villoison, classic (Anecdota Graeca), dies at 55   

1806  On this day in history ludwig Friedrich Hetsch, composer   

1808  On this day in history martha Finley, children's book author   

1812  Alfred Krupp, German arms merchant on this day in history.   

1814  King Louis XVIII lands on Calais, from England on April - 26.   

1819  On April - 26 odd Fellows Lodge established   

1819  Odd Fellows Lodge forms on April - 26.   

1820  On April - 26 alice Cary, Cincinnati, American poet (Cincinnati Sentinel)   

1822  On this day in history the birth of Frederick Law Olmsted, American architect   

1822  On this day in history frederick Law Olmsted, architect/writer (designed Central Park)   

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

1827  On April - 26 bernardo Ottani, composer, dies at 90   

1828  On April - 26 russia declares war on Turkey to support Greece's independence   

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

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1319  On this day in history birth of jean II, the Good, king of France (1350-64)   

1538  On April - 26 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 April - 26 birth of marie de'Medici, Queen of France   

1603  On April - 26 birth of francesco Nigetti, composer   

1637  On this day in history birth of philip J van Lichtenbergh, Governor of Suriname, baptized   

1648  Pedro II, King of Portugal (1683-1706) was born on this day in history.   

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

1192  On April - 26 death of emperor Go-Shirakawa of Japan (b. 1127)   

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

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  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 this day in history jean Francois Fernel, French physician, dies