Page 2: Historical Events In April - 26

1709  Frisian viceroy Johan Willem Friso marries countess Maria Louisa on April - 26.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1726  Jeremy Collier, Engl bishop/historian/opponent to theater, dies at 75 on April - 26.   

1731  Daniel Defoe, English author (Robinson Crusoe), dies at about 70 on this day in history.   

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

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

1777  Sybil Ludington, 16, rode from NY to Ct rallying her fathers militia on April - 26.   

1782  Maria Amalia of Bourbon-Sicily, wife of Louis Phillip of Austria on this day in history.   

1785  On April - 26 the birth of John James Audubon, American naturalist painter   

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

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

1787  On this day in history ludwig Uhland, writer   

1789  On this day in history peter I Panin, Russian general (Pugatshov-uprising), dies at about 67   

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 April - 26.   

1805  Jean BG d'ansse the Villoison, classic (Anecdota Graeca), dies at 55 on April - 26.   

1806  On this day in history ludwig Friedrich Hetsch, composer   

1808  Martha Finley, children's book author on April - 26.   

1812  On April - 26 alfred Krupp, German arms merchant   

1814  On this day in history king Louis XVIII lands on Calais, from England   

1819  Odd Fellows Lodge established on this day in history.   

1819  Odd Fellows Lodge forms on this day in history.   

1820  On this day in history 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  Bernardo Ottani, composer, dies at 90 on April - 26.   

1828  Russia declares war on Turkey to support Greece's independence on April - 26.   

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

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1319  Jean II, the Good, king of France (1350-64) was born on April - 26.   

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 this day in history.   

1567  Nicolas Forme, composer was born on this day in history.   

1573  On this day in history birth of marie de'Medici, Queen of France   

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

1637  Philip J van Lichtenbergh, Governor of Suriname, baptized was born on this day in history.   

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

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

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

1196  Alfonso II, King of Aragon (1162-96), dies on April - 26.   

1444  Robert Campin, South Neth painter/porter of Doornik, dies at about 65 on April - 26.   

1476  On April - 26 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 April - 26.   

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