Page 2: Historical Events In April - 26

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

1711  On April - 26 david Hume, English empiricist/philosopher (Treatise of Human Nature)   

1718  On April - 26 esek Hopkins, US, 1st commander-in-chief (US Navy)   

1721  Smallpox vaccination 1st administrated on April - 26.   

1726  Pasquale Paoli, Corsican freedom fighter on this day in history.   

1726  On April - 26 jeremy Collier, Engl bishop/historian/opponent to theater, dies at 75   

1731  On this day in history daniel Defoe, English author (Robinson Crusoe), dies at about 70   

1755  On this day in history 1st Russian university opens (Moscow)   

1776  Joan M Kemper, Dutch lawyer (designed civil code law book) on April - 26.   

1777  On this day in history sybil Ludington, 16, rode from NY to Ct rallying her fathers militia   

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

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  On April - 26 karl Siegmund von Seckendorff, composer, dies at 40   

1787  On this day in history ludwig Uhland, writer   

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

1796  Auguste-Matthieu Panseron, composer on April - 26.   

1798  The birth of Eugene Delacroix, French artist on this day in history.   

1798  On April - 26 ferdinand Eugene Delacroix, French painter/lithograph/etcher (Journal)   

1803  On this day in history meteorites fall in L'Aigle, France   

1805  Jean BG d'ansse the Villoison, classic (Anecdota Graeca), dies at 55 on this day in history.   

1806  On April - 26 ludwig Friedrich Hetsch, composer   

1808  On April - 26 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 this day in history.   

1819  Odd Fellows Lodge established on this day in history.   

1819  On April - 26 odd Fellows Lodge forms   

1820  Alice Cary, Cincinnati, American poet (Cincinnati Sentinel) on April - 26.   

1822  On April - 26 the birth of Frederick Law Olmsted, American architect   

1822  On April - 26 frederick Law Olmsted, architect/writer (designed Central Park)   

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

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  On this day in history artemus Ward, (Charles Farrar Browne), humorist   

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1319  Jean II, the Good, king of France (1350-64) was born on this day in history.   

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  Nicolas Forme, composer was born on this day in history.   

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

1603  Francesco Nigetti, composer was born on this day in history.   

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.   

0757  On this day in history stephen II, Pope (752-57), dies   

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

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

1444  On this day in history robert Campin, South Neth painter/porter of Doornik, dies at about 65   

1476  Death of Simonetta Vespucci, inspiration of Botticelli (b.1453) on April - 26.   

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  Jean Francois Fernel, French physician, dies on April - 26.