Page 2: Historical Events In April - 26

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

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

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

1721  On this day in history smallpox vaccination 1st administrated   

1726  On this day in history pasquale Paoli, Corsican freedom fighter   

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 April - 26.   

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

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

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

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

1785  On this day in history the birth of John James Audubon, American naturalist painter   

1785  John James Audubon, Haiti, bird watcher/artist on this day in history.   

1785  Karl Siegmund von Seckendorff, composer, dies at 40 on April - 26.   

1787  Ludwig Uhland, writer on April - 26.   

1789  On April - 26 peter I Panin, Russian general (Pugatshov-uprising), dies at about 67   

1796  Auguste-Matthieu Panseron, composer on this day in history.   

1798  On this day in history the birth of Eugene Delacroix, French artist   

1798  Ferdinand Eugene Delacroix, French painter/lithograph/etcher (Journal) on this day in history.   

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

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

1806  On this day in history ludwig Friedrich Hetsch, composer   

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

1812  Alfred Krupp, German arms merchant on April - 26.   

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 this day in history odd Fellows Lodge forms   

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

1822  The birth of Frederick Law Olmsted, American architect on April - 26.   

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

1827  On this day in history charles Edward Hovey, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)   

1827  Bernardo Ottani, composer, dies at 90 on April - 26.   

1828  On this day in history russia declares war on Turkey to support Greece's independence   

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

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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  On this day in history birth of william Shakespeare, Stratford-on-Avon England, playwright (Hamlet)   

1567  Nicolas Forme, composer was born on April - 26.   

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.   

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

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 this day in history.   

1478  Death of Giuliano de' Medici, Medeheerser of Florence, murdered at about 24 on this day in history.   

1489  Death of Ashikaga Yoshihisa, Japanese shogun (b. 1465) on this day in history.   

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