4_26 Events in History.

406 Historic Events for April 26

1819 Odd Fellows Lodge forms Event
1820 Alice Cary, Cincinnati, American poet (Cincinnati Sentinel) Birth
1822 Frederick Law Olmsted, architect/writer (designed Central Park) Birth
1822 Jan Albert van Eyken, composer/organist Birth
1827 Charles Edward Hovey, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers) Birth
1827 Bernardo Ottani, composer, dies at 90 Death
1828 Russia declares war on Turkey to support Greece's independence Event
1834 Artemus Ward, (Charles Farrar Browne), humorist Birth
1834 Horatio Richmond Palmer, composer Birth
1835 Fr‚d‚ric Chopins "Grand Polonaise Brillante," premieres in Paris Event

1836 Erminnie Adelle Platt, US, ethnologist (Iriquois-English Dictionary) Birth
1839 Cyrus Hamblin, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1867 Birth
1841 "Bombay Gazette" begins publishing on silk Event
1841 Wilhelm Scherer, German literature historian Birth
1853 Dutch King William III disbands 2nd Chamber Event
1855 Composer Gioacchino Rossini leaves Italy Event
1860 Alphonse M A J Ari‰ns, Dutch pastor Birth
1863 Charles Haslewood Shannon, lithographer/painter Birth
1863 Arno Holz, writer Birth
1865 Battle of Durham Station, NC (Greensboro) Event
1865 Charles J Sax, Belgian inventor (saxophone), dies at 74 Death
1865 Battle of Ft Tobacco, VA Event
1865 Confederate Gen J E Johnston surrenders Army of Tenn, at Durham NC Event
1865 John Wilkes Booth, assassin, is shot dead near Bowling Green VA at 27 Death
1868 Robert Herrick, US writer (Common lot) Birth