About the day » Wednesday April 26, 1780Calender converter

• Cootje van Ginkel, Beverwijk, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Ferdinand van de Putte, Maldegem, Belgium
• Catharina Reh, Schweich, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany († 1837)
• Anders Samuelsson, Utsälje, 78051, Zweden
• Adriana Zegwaard, Overschie, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1856)
• Aefjen Oomkens, Blijham
• Elisabeth van den Berg, Amersfoort († 1839)
• Claas Bontenbal († 1780)
• Adriana De Pelsmaeker, Haaltert
• Fokeltje Sierds Hogeveen, Gorredijk, Opsterland, Friesland, Nederland († 1857)

• Jacob van der Eijck (0), Naaldwijk, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Bonje Epkes, Nieuwolda
• Bernard Kamphausen (72), Odenkirchen
• Jannetje Theunisdr Dorrestein (60), Leersum, Utrecht, Nederland
• Aagje Maartensdr Stolp (0)
• Dirk Cornelis CROK (51), Assendelft, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Margreta SLEÜMER (47)
• Gerhard Johan Ubbink, Aalten
• Henricus Bertels (60), Geel, 2440, België
• Henricus LENAERTS, Zonhoven, 71066, Hasselt, Belgique

• 1718 » Esek Hopkins, American commander († 1802)
• 1774 » Christian Leopold von Buch, German geologist and paleontologist († 1853)
• 1782 » Maria Amalia of Naples and Sicily († 1866)
• 1785 » John James Audubon, French-American ornithologist and painter († 1851)
• 1787 » Ludwig Uhland, German poet, philologist, and historian († 1862)
• 1798 » Eugène Delacroix, French painter and lithographer († 1863)
• 1801 » Ambrose Dudley Mann, American politician and diplomat, 1st United States Assistant Secretary of State († 1889)
• 1804 » Charles Goodyear, American banker, lawyer, and politician († 1876)
• 1822 » Frederick Law Olmsted, American journalist and designer, co-designed Central Park († 1903)
• 1834 » Charles Farrar Browne, American author († 1867)

• 1686 » Magnus Gabriel De la Gardie, Swedish statesman and military man (b. 1622)
• 1716 » John Somers, 1st Baron Somers, English jurist and politician, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain (b. 1651)
• 1784 » Nano Nagle, Irish nun and educator, founded the Presentation Sisters (b. 1718)
• 1789 » Petr Ivanovich Panin, Russian general (b. 1721)
• 1809 » Bernhard Schott, German music publisher (b. 1748)
• 1865 » John Wilkes Booth, American actor, assassin of Abraham Lincoln (b. 1838)
• 1881 » Ludwig Freiherr von und zu der Tann-Rathsamhausen, German general (b. 1815)
• 1895 » Eric Stenbock, Estonian-English author and poet (b. 1860)
• 1910 » Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, Norwegian-French author, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1832)
• 1915 » John Bunny, American actor (b. 1863)

1. Jan
2. Johannes
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Pieter
6. Willem
7. Joannes
8. Jacob
9. Gerrit
10. Petrus
11. Jacobus
12. Dirk
13. Jean
14. John
15. Klaas
16. Abraham

1. Maria
2. Anna
3. Johanna
4. Cornelia
5. Marie
6. Catharina
7. Elisabeth
8. Joanna
9. Trijntje
10. Aaltje
11. Grietje
12. Elizabeth
13. Neeltje
14. Antje
15. Adriana
16. Jannetje

• Erfstadhouder Prins Willem V (Willem Batavus) (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1751 till 1795 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
• January 16 » American Revolutionary War: Battle of Cape St. Vincent.
• May 19 » New England's Dark Day, an unusual darkening of the day sky, was observed over the New England states and parts of Canada.
• May 29 » American Revolutionary War: At the Battle of Waxhaws, the British continue attacking after the Continentals lay down their arms, killing 113 and critically wounding all but 53 that remained.
• June 23 » American Revolution: Battle of Springfield fought in and around Springfield, New Jersey (including Short Hills, formerly of Springfield, now of Millburn Township).
• September 23 » American Revolution: British Major John André is arrested as a spy by American soldiers exposing Benedict Arnold's change of sides.
• December 14 » Founding Father Alexander Hamilton marries Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton at the Schuyler Mansion in Albany, New York

The temperature on April 26, 1780 was about 8.0 °C. There was 264 mm of rainWind direction mainly north. Weather type: regen betrokken.