Best known
Best known
Emperor Xiaowen of Northern Wei
Emperor of Northern Wei Dynasty from 471 to 499
Richarius
French hermit and monk
Mu'awiya I
Founder of the Umayyad Caliphate
AD 757
Calendar year
Emperor Go-Shirakawa
Emperor of Japan from 1155 to 1158
Chŏng Mongju
Korean scholar-official
Emperor Xiaowen of Northern Wei — Emperor of Northern Wei Dynasty from 471 to 499, who died on April 26 499.
Richarius — French hermit and monk, who died on April 26 645.
Mu'awiya I — Founder of the Umayyad Caliphate, who died on April 26 680.
AD 757 — Calendar year, who died on April 26 757.
Emperor Go-Shirakawa — Emperor of Japan from 1155 to 1158, who died on April 26 1192.
Chŏng Mongju — Korean scholar-official, who died on April 26 1392.
All entries
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- 962
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Robert CampinFrench painter (c. 1375 – 1444) - 1478
Giuliano de' MediciLord of Florence from 1469 to 1478 - 1489
Ashikaga YoshihisaMilitary ruler of Japan from 1465 to 1489 - 1558
Jean Fernel16th-century French physician - 1686
Magnus Gabriel De la GardieSwedish statesman - 1716
John Somers, 1st Baron SomersEnglish jurist and statesman - 1784
Nano NaglePioneer of Catholic education in Ireland (died 1784) - 1789
Petr Ivanovich PaninRussian general - 1809
Bernhard SchottGerman clarinetist and music publisher - 1865
John Wilkes BoothAmerican stage actor and assassin - 1881
Ludwig Freiherr von und zu der Tann-Rathsamhausen19th-century Bavarian general - 1895
Eric StenbockBaltic Swedish poet and novelist - 1910
Bjørnstjerne BjørnsonNorwegian writer - 1915
John BunnyAmerican actor - 1915
Ida Hunt UdallAmerican Latter-day Saint diarist - 1916
Mário de Sá-CarneiroPortuguese poet and writer - 1920
Srinivasa RamanujanIndian mathematician - 1932
Bill Lockwood (cricketer)English cricketer - 1934
Arturs AlberingsLatvian politician - 1934
Konstantin VaginovRussian poet - 1940
Carl BoschGerman chemist and engineer - 1944
Violette MorrisFrench athlete - 1945
Sigmund RascherGerman Schutzstaffel (SS) doctor - 1945
Pavlo SkoropadskyUkrainian and Russian Cossack military and political official; Hetman of Ukraine - 1946
James Larkin WhiteDiscoverer of Carlsbad Caverns - 1950
George Murray HulbertAmerican judge - 1951
Arnold SommerfeldGerman theoretical physicist - 1956
Edward Arnold (actor)American actor
- 1957
Gichin FunakoshiJapanese karateka - 1964
E. J. PrattCanadian poet
- 1968
John HeartfieldGerman visual artist - 1969
Morihei UeshibaFounder of Aikido - 1970
Erik Bergman (Lutheran minister)Swedish parish minister - 1970
Gypsy Rose LeeAmerican burlesque performer, actress and writer - 1973
Irene RyanAmerican actress
- 1976
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Sid JamesSouth African-British actor - 1976
Armstrong SperryAmerican writer and illustrator - 1980
Cicely CourtneidgeBritish actress - 1981
Jim Davis (actor)American actor - 1984
Count BasieAmerican jazz musician and composer - 1986
Broderick CrawfordAmerican actor
- 1986
Bessie LoveAmerican actress - 1986
Dechko UzunovBulgarian painter - 1987
Shankar–JaikishanIndian film music composer duo - 1987
John SilkinBritish left-wing Labour politician and solicitor - 1989
Lucille BallAmerican actress - 1991
Leo ArnaudFrench-American arranger and composer - 1991
Carmine CoppolaAmerican composer - 1991
A. B. Guthrie Jr.American novelist, screenwriter, historian, and literary historian - 1991
Richard HatfieldCanadian politician - 1994
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- 1999AAdrian BorlandEnglish musician
- 1999
Jill DandoEnglish journalist and television presenter - 2003
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- 2004
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Mason AdamsAmerican actor
- 2005
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Maria SchellAustrian-Swiss actress - 2005
Augusto Roa BastosParaguayan writer - 2007
Jack ValentiAmerican political advisor and lobbyist - 2008
Árpád OrbánHungarian footballer - 2009
Hans HolzerAmerican writer and parapsychologist - 2010
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- 2011
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- 2022
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91 people with a Wikipedia article died on April 26, including Emperor Xiaowen of Northern Wei, Richarius, Mu'awiya I. The list is in chronological order by year of death and spans all of documented history, from antiquity to the present day. For each person you find their occupation, the year and a link to the Wikipedia biography, where the full story and its sources can be read.
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54 documented historical events happened on April 26, from antiquity to the present day. The best known is this: In a conspiracy to replace the Medici family as rulers of the Republic of Florence, the Pazzi family attacked Lorenzo de' Medici (pictured) and killed his brother Giuliano at Florence Cathedral. On the same day, in another year: American Revolutionary War: Sixteen-year-old Sybil Ludington allegedly rode forty miles (64 km) through the night to warn militiamen under her father Henry's command that British troops were planning to invade Danbury, Connecticut. On Almanaccolo every event is listed in chronological order, grouped by century, and links to the Wikipedia article it comes from, so you can always read further or check the source. Alongside the events you find who was born and who died on this date, and which observances are celebrated around the world.
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