Famous Personalities Born In April - 26

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

1538  Giovanni P Lomazzo, Italian writer/poet (Trattato) was born on April - 26.   

1564  On April - 26 birth of william Shakespeare, Stratford-on-Avon England, playwright (Hamlet)   

1567  On April - 26 birth of nicolas Forme, composer   

1573  Marie de'Medici, Queen of France was born on this day in history.   

1603  On April - 26 birth of francesco Nigetti, composer   

1637  On April - 26 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.   

1662  On this day in history birth of maria Luisa of Orleans, queen consort of Spain (d. 1689)   

1710  On this day in history birth of thomas Reid, Scottish philosopher (d. 1796)   

1711  David Hume, English empiricist/philosopher (Treatise of Human Nature) was born on April - 26.   

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

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

1774  Christian Leopold von Buch, German geologist (d. 1853) was born on this day in history.   

1776  Joan M Kemper, Dutch lawyer (designed civil code law book) was born on this day in history.   

1782  On this day in history birth of maria Amalia of Bourbon-Sicily, wife of Louis Phillip of Austria   

1785  John James Audubon, Haiti, bird watcher/artist was born on April - 26.   

1787  Ludwig Uhland, writer was born on this day in history.   

1796  On April - 26 birth of auguste-Matthieu Panseron, composer   

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

1798  On this day in history 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 April - 26.   

1806  On this day in history birth of ludwig Friedrich Hetsch, composer   

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

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

1822  Jan Albert van Eyken, composer/organist was born on this day in history.   

1826  On April - 26 birth of george Hull Ward, American general (d. 1863)   

1826  On April - 26 birth of ambrose R. Wright, American Civil War General (d. 1872   

1827  Charles Edward Hovey, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers) was born on April - 26.   

1834  Artemus Ward, (Charles Farrar Browne), humorist was born on this day in history.   

1834  Horatio Richmond Palmer, composer was born on this day in history.   

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0757  Stephen II, Pope (752-57), dies on this day in history.   

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

1196  On this day in history 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  Death of Simonetta Vespucci, inspiration of Botticelli (b.1453) on this day in history.   

1478  On this day in history death of giuliano de' Medici, Medeheerser of Florence, murdered at about 24   

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

1558  On this day in history jean Francois Fernel, French physician, dies