Famous Personalities Born In April - 26

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 April - 26.   

1564  William Shakespeare, Stratford-on-Avon England, playwright (Hamlet) was born on April - 26.   

1567  On April - 26 birth of nicolas Forme, composer   

1573  Marie de'Medici, Queen of France was born on April - 26.   

1603  On this day in history birth of francesco Nigetti, composer   

1637  On April - 26 birth of philip J van Lichtenbergh, Governor of Suriname, baptized   

1648  On April - 26 birth of pedro II, King of Portugal (1683-1706)   

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

1710  On April - 26 birth of thomas Reid, Scottish philosopher (d. 1796)   

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

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

1726  On April - 26 birth of pasquale Paoli, Corsican freedom fighter   

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

1776  On April - 26 birth of joan M Kemper, Dutch lawyer (designed civil code law book)   

1782  On April - 26 birth of maria Amalia of Bourbon-Sicily, wife of Louis Phillip of Austria   

1785  On this day in history birth of john James Audubon, Haiti, bird watcher/artist   

1787  On this day in history birth of ludwig Uhland, writer   

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

1798  On this day in history birth of ferdinand Eugene Delacroix, French painter/lithograph/etcher (Journal)   

1798  On April - 26 birth of james Beckwourth, American explorer (d. 1867)   

1801  Ambrose Dudley Mann, American diplomat (d. 1889) was born on this day in history.   

1804  On this day in history birth of charles Goodyear, American politician (d. 1876)   

1806  Ludwig Friedrich Hetsch, composer was born on April - 26.   

1808  On April - 26 birth of martha Finley, children's book author   

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

1822  Jan Albert van Eyken, composer/organist was born on April - 26.   

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

1826  Ambrose R. Wright, American Civil War General (d. 1872 was born on April - 26.   

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

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

1834  On this day in history birth of horatio Richmond Palmer, composer   

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

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 April - 26.   

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 this day in history death of ashikaga Yoshihisa, Japanese shogun (b. 1465)   

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