26 April is the 116th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (117th in Leap Year s). There are 249 days remaining in the year.
- 1478 - The Pazzi attack Lorenzo De' Medici and kill his brother Giuliano during High Mass in the Florence Cathedral .
- 1607 - English colonists of the Jamestown Settlement make landfall at Cape Henry , Virginia .
- 1802 - A general amnesty signed by Napoleon Bonaparte allowed all but about one thousand of the most notorious émigré s of the French Revolution to return to France , as part of a reconciliary gesture to make peace with the various factions of the Ancien Regime that would ultimately consolidate his own rule.
- 1805 - United States Marines captured Derne, Tripoli under the command of First Lieutenant Presley N. O'Bannon .
- General Joseph Johnston surrenders his army to General William Tecumseh Sherman at the Bennett Place near Durham, North Carolina .
- 1865 - Union cavalry troopers corner John Wilkes Booth , President Lincoln's Assassin , in a Barn in Virginia . Booth is shot dead by Cavalryman Boston Corbett .
- 1925 - Paul Von Hindenburg defeats Wilhelm Marx in the second round of the German Presidential Election to become the first directly elected Reichspräsident , the Head Of State of the Weimar Republic .
- 1933 - The Gestapo , the official Secret Police Force of Nazi Germany , is established.
- , Spain is bombed by German Luftwaffe .
- 1942 - The worst-ever mining accident in history kills 1,549 Miner s in an Explosion at the Honkeiko Colliery , Manchuria .
- 1946 - Father Divine , a controversial religious leader who claims to be God , marries the much-younger Edna Rose Ritchings , a celebrated anniversary in the International Peace Mission Movement .
- 1954 - The Geneva Conference , an effort to restore peace in Indochina and Korea , begins.
- 1956 - First Container Ship left Port Newark , New Jersey for Houston , Texas
- 1962 - NASA 's Ranger 4 spacecraft crashes into the Moon .
- 1964 - Tanganyika and Zanzibar merge to form Tanzania .
- 1986 - In Ukraine , a nuclear reactor at the Chernobyl Nuclear Plant Explodes , creating the world's worst Nuclear Disaster .
- 1991 - Seventy tornadoes break out in the central United States . Before its end, Andover, Kansas , would record the year's only F5 tornado (see Andover, Kansas Tornado Outbreak ).
- 1994 - A China Airlines Airbus A-300 -600R crashes at Nagoya Airport , Japan killing 264.
- 2002 - 19-year-old Robert Steinhäuser Shoots And Kills 17 People at his school in Erfurt , Germany .
- 2005 - Under international pressure, Syria withdraws the last of its 14,000 troop military garrison in Lebanon , ending its 29-year military domination of that country.
- 121 - Marcus Aurelius , Roman Emperor (d. 180 )
- 1538 - Gian Paolo Lomazzo , Italian painter (d. 1600 )
- 1573 - Marie De' Medici , wife of Henry IV Of France (d. 1642 )
- 1564 (baptized) - William Shakespeare , English writer (d. 1616 )
- 1648 - King Peter II Of Portugal (d. 1706 )
- 1710 - Thomas Reid , Scottish philosopher (d. 1796 )
- 1711 - David Hume , Scottish philosopher and historian (d. 1776 )
- 1718 - Esek Hopkins , American Revolutionary War admiral (d. 1802 )
- 1765 - Emma, Lady Hamilton , English mistress of Horatio Nelson (d. 1815 )
- 1774 - Christian Leopold Von Buch , German geologist (d. 1853 )
- 1785 - John James Audubon , French-American naturalist and illustrator (d. 1851 )
- 1787 - Ludwig Uhland , German poet (d. 1862 )
- 1798 - James Beckwourth , American explorer (d. 1867 )
- 1798 - Eugène Delacroix , French painter (d. 1863 )
- 1812 - Alfred Krupp , German industrialist (d. 1887 )
- 1822 - Frederick Law Olmsted , American landscape architect (d. 1903 )
- 1826 - George Hull Ward , American general (d. 1863 )
- 1826 - Ambrose R. Wright , American Civil War General (d. 1872
- 1879 - Owen Willans Richardson , British physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1959 )
- 1886 - Ma Rainey , American singer (d. 1939 )
- 1888 - Anita Loos , American writer (d. 1981 )
- 1889 - Ludwig Wittgenstein , Austrian-born philosopher (d. 1951 )
- 1893 - Draza Mihajlovic , Serbian WW2 Hero and war criminal (d. 1946 )
- 1894 - Rudolf Hess , Nazi official (d. 1987 )
- 1896 - Ernst Udet , WWI pilot and film actor, Luftwaffe officer (d. 1941 )
- 1897 - Eddie Eagan , American sportsman (d. 1967 )
- 1897 - Douglas Sirk , German-born film director (d. 1987 )
- 1898 - Vicente Aleixandre , Spanish writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1984 )
- 1898 - John Grierson , Scottish filmmaker (d. 1972 )
- 1900 - Charles Richter , American geophysicist and inventor (d. 1985 )
- 1911 - Marianne Hoppe , German actress (d. 2002 )
- 1912 - A. E. Van Vogt , Canadian writer (d. 2000 )
- 1914 - Bernard Malamud , American author (d. 1986 )
- 1914 - James W. Rouse , American real estate investor, activist, and philanthropist (d. 1996 )
- 1916 - Morris West , Australian writer (d. 1999 )
- 1917 - I.M. Pei , Chinese-born architect
- 1918 - Fanny Blankers-Koen , Dutch athlete (d. 2004 )
- 1918 - Stafford Repp American actor (d. 1974 )
- 1925 - Jørgen Ingmann , Danish musician
- 1926 - Michael Mathias Prechtl , German illustrator (d. 2003 )
- 1932 - Michael Smith , English-born chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2000 )
- 1933 - Filiberto Ojeda Ríos , Puerto Rican independence leader, Ejercito Popular Boricua - Los Macheteros (d. 2005 )
- 1933 - Carol Burnett , American singer, actress, and comedian
- 1933 - Arno Allan Penzias , German-born physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1938 - Duane Eddy , American musician
- 1940 - Giorgio Moroder , Italian composer
- 1942 - Claudine Auger , French actress
- 1942 - Michael Kergin , Canadian diplomat
- 1942 - Bobby Rydell , American singer
- 1943 - Gary Wright , American singer
- 1943 - Peter Zumthor , Swiss architect
- 1949 - Carlos Bianchi , Argetinian football coach and player
- 1956 - Koo Stark , American actress
- 1958 - Jeffrey Guterman , American mental health counselor
- 1960 - Roger Taylor , English musician ( Duran Duran )
- 1961 - Joan Chen , Chinese-born actress
- 1961 - Anthony Cumia , American Radio Personality, (see Opie And Anthony )
- 1961 - Chris Mars , American rock drummer ( The Replacements )
- 1963 - Jet Li , Chinese martial artist and actor
- 1965 - Kevin James , American comedian and actor
- 1967 - Glen Jacobs , American professional wrestler and movie actor
- 1970 - Melania Trump , Slovenian model
- 1970 - Tionne Watkins , American singer ( TLC )
- 1973 - Chris Perry , English footballer
- 1975 - Nerina Pallot , British singer and songwriter
- 1976 - Joey Jordison , American musician ( Slipknot )
- 1976 - Jose Pasillas , American musician ( Incubus )
- 1977 - Tom Welling , American actor
- 1980 - Jordana Brewster , American actress
- 1982 - Joanne Gobure , Nauruan poet
- 1983 - Jessica Lynch , American P.O.W. captured and rescued in Iraq in 2003
- 1984 - Mija Martina , Bosnian singer
- 1192 - Emperor Go-Shirakawa of Japan (b. 1127 )
- 1444 - Robert Campin , Flemish painter (b. 1378 )
- 1478 - Giuliano Di Piero De' Medici , ruler of Florence (assassinated) (b. 1453 )
- 1489 - Ashikaga Yoshihisa , Japanese shogun (b. 1465 )
- 1716 - John Somers, 1st Baron Somers , Lord Chancellor of England (b. 1651 )
- 1784 - Nano Nagle , Irish convent founder (b. 1718 )
- 1789 - Count Petr Ivanovich Panin , Russian soldier (b. 1721 )
- 1865 - John Wilkes Booth , American actor and assassin (shot) (b. 1838 )
- 1892 - Sir Provo Wallis , British Admiral and naval hero (b. 1791 )
- 1910 - Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson , Norwegian author, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1832 )
- 1920 - Srinivasa Ramanujan , Indian mathematician (b. 1887 )
- 1932 - Hart Crane , American poet (suicide) (b. 1899 )
- 1932 - William Lockwood , English cricketer (b. 1868 )
- 1938 - Edmund Husserl , Austrian philosopher (b. 1859 )
- 1940 - Carl Bosch , German chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b.g 1874 )
- 1951 - Arnold Sommerfeld , German physicist (b. 1868 )
- 1956 - Edward Arnold , American actor (b. 1890 )
- 1957 - Gichin Funakoshi , Father of Japanese Shotokan Karatedo (b. 1868 )
- 1964 - E. J. Pratt , Canadian poet born Newfoundland (b. 1882 )
- 1969 - Morihei Ueshiba , Japanese martial artist (b. 1883 )
- 1970 - Gypsy Rose Lee , American actress (b. 1911 )
- 1973 - Irene Ryan , American actress (b. 1902 )
- 1976 - Sid James , British comedian (b. 1913 )
- 1981 - Jim Davis , American actor (b. 1909 )
- 1984 - Count Basie , American musician and composer (b. 1904 )
- 1986 - Broderick Crawford , American actor (stroke) (b. 1911 )
- 1986 - Dechko Uzunov , Bulgarian painter (b. 1899 )
- 1987 - John Ernest Silkin , British politician, (b. 1923 )
- 1988 - James McCracken , American tenor (b. 1926 )
- 1989 - Lucille Ball , American actress and comedian (b. 1911 )
- 1991 - Carmine Coppola , American composer and conductor (b. 1910 )
- 1991 - Emily McLaughlin , American actress (b. 1930 )
- 1996 - Stirling Silliphant , American writer and producer (b. 1918 )
- 1999 - Jill Dando , British television presenter (b. 1961 )
- 2003 - Rosemary Brown , Canadian politician (b. 1930 )
- 2003 - Max Nicholson , Irish environmentalist (b. 1904 )
- 2003 - Peter Stone , American writer (b. 1930 )
- 2004 - Hubert Selby Jr. , American author (b. 1928 )
- 2005 - Mason Adams , American actor (b. 1919 )
- 2005 - Blade Icewood , American rapper (b. 1977 )
- 2005 - Maria Schell , Austrian-born actress (b. 1926 )
This date is referred to in the song " 2641998 " (26/4/1998) by Alec Empire .
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