Historical Events In April - 26
Friday, 18 July 2025
0121 On this day in history antonius Marcus Aurelius, [Marcus A Verus], Emperor of Rome (161-180)
0570 On April - 26 muhammed, founder of Islam, according to the Shi'a sect. Other sources suggest April 20.
0757 Paolo Orsini replaces his brother Pope Stephen II, as Paul I on this day in history.
0757 Stephen II, Pope (752-57), dies on this day in history.
1196 On April - 26 alfonso II, King of Aragon (1162-96), dies
1220 German king Frederick II grants bishops sovereign rights on this day in history.
1319 Jean II, the Good, king of France (1350-64) on April - 26.
1444 Robert Campin, South Neth painter/porter of Doornik, dies at about 65 on this day in history.
1467 On April - 26 the miraculous image in Our Lady of Good Counsel appear in Genazzano, Italy.
1476 Simonetta Vespucci, inspiration of Botticelli (b.1453) on April - 26.
1478 Pazzi conspirators attack Lorenzo & kill Giuliano de'Medici on April - 26.
1478 On this day in history 1st Easter
1478 Giuliano de' Medici, Medeheerser of Florence, murdered at about 24 on this day in history.
1514 On April - 26 copernicus makes his first observations of Saturn
1514 Copernicus makes his observations of Saturn on this day in history.
1514 On April - 26 copernicus makes his 1st observations of Saturn
1532 On April - 26 sultan Suleiman through Hungary on away to Vienna
1538 Giovanni P Lomazzo, Italian writer/poet (Trattato) on this day in history.
1558 Jean Fran‡ois Fernel French physician, dies on this day in history.
1558 On April - 26 jean Francois Fernel, French physician, dies
1564 On April - 26 william Shakespeare baptized
1564 William Shakespeare, Stratford-on-Avon England, playwright (Hamlet) on this day in history.
1567 Nicolas Forme, composer on this day in history.
1573 On this day in history marie de'Medici, Queen of France
1603 Francesco Nigetti, composer on April - 26.
1607 The first British to establish an American colony land at Cape Henry, Va on April - 26.
1607 1st British to establish an American colony land at Cape Henry, Va on April - 26.
1637 Philip J van Lichtenbergh, Governor of Suriname, baptized on this day in history.
1648 On this day in history pedro II, King of Portugal (1683-1706)
1648 On this day in history christoph Thomas Walliser, composer, dies at 79
1654 Jews are expelled from Brazil on April - 26.
1655 On this day in history dutch West Indies Co denies Peter Stuyvesant's desire to exclude Jews from New Amsterdam
1677 Emperor Leopold I forms University of Innsbruck on April - 26.
1703 Georg Christoph Leuttner, composer, dies at 58 on April - 26.
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