April 26th, 1721

Born on April 26th, 1721

Age in days, weeks and months
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What happened on April 26th?

April 26th, 2012

The International Hydrographic Organization abandoned South Korean-led 'attempts to rename the Sea of Japan.

April 26th, 1994

Just before landing at Nagoya Airport, Japan, the copilot of China Airlines Flight 140 inadvertently triggered the takeoff/go-around switch, causing the aircraft to crash and killing 264 of the 271 people on board.

April 26th, 1989

A tornado struck the Manikganj District of Bangladesh and killed an estimated 1,300 people, making it the deadliest tornado in history.

April 26th, 1970

The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) came into being when the WIPO Convention entered into force.

April 26th, 1958

Service ended on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad's Royal Blue Line, one of the first major electrified train lines in the U.S. (steam train pictured).

April 26th, 1944

World War II: U.S. Navy submarines began attacks on Japan's Take Ichi convoy as it sailed in waters between Taiwan and the Philippines, eventually sinking four vessels and killing more than 4,000 troops.

April 26th, 1941

Boris Kidrič and Edvard Kardelj founded the Liberation Front of the Slovene Nation, the main anti-fascist Slovene civil-resistance and political organization during World War II.

April 26th, 1933

The Gestapo, the official secret police force of Nazi Germany, was established.

April 26th, 1915

First World War: Britain, France and Russia signed a secret treaty promising territory to Italy if it joined the war on their side.

April 26th, 1865

U.S. Army soldiers cornered and fatally shot John Wilkes Booth, the assassin of U.S. president Abraham Lincoln, ending a twelve-day manhunt.

April 26th, 1478

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.

April 26th, 2017

The Shandong was launched for the People's Liberation Army Navy, China's first domestically built aircraft carrier.

April 26th, 2002

An expelled student murdered sixteen people and wounded seven others before committing suicide at the Gutenberg-Gymnasium Erfurt in Erfurt, Germany.

April 26th, 1999

The CIH virus activated widely, damaging hundreds of thousands of computers and causing hundreds of millions of dollars in losses.

April 26th, 1986

The Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant (pictured) near Chernobyl, Ukrainian SSR, suffered a steam explosion, resulting in a fire, a nuclear meltdown, and the evacuation and resettlement of over 336,000 people around Europe.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on April 26th

Same year
Born in 1721

50

Tobias Smollett

18th-century poet and author from Scotland

*March 19th, 1721, Cardross †September 17th, 1771, Livorno

42

Madame de Pompadour

Chief mistress of Louis XV of France (1721-1764)

*December 29th, 1721, Paris †April 15th, 1764, Versailles

82

Edmund Pendleton

American politician (1721-1803)

*September 9th, 1721, Caroline County †October 23rd, 1803, Caroline County

66

Benjamin Wilson

British painter and scientist (1721-1788)

*June 21st, 1721, Leeds †June 6th, 1788, London

85

John Reid

British Army officer, composer, and flautist (1721–1807)

*February 13th, 1721, Perthshire †February 6th, 1807, London

86

Fredrik Henrik af Chapman

Swedish admiral and shipbuilder (1721-1808)

*September 9th, 1721, Gothenburg †August 19th, 1808, Karlskrona city community

61

Anna Dorothea Therbusch

Painter from Prussia (1721-1782)

*July 23rd, 1721, Berlin †November 9th, 1782, Berlin

46

Philipp Friedrich Gmelin

German professor of botany and chemistry (1721-1768)

*August 19th, 1721, Tübingen †May 9th, 1768, Tübingen

87

David Zeisberger

American missionary

*April 11th, 1721, Suchdol nad Odrou †November 17th, 1808, Ohio

59

Johann de Kalb

American general (1721-1780)

*June 19th, 1721, Hüttendorf †August 19th, 1780, Camden

70

Placidus Fixlmillner

Austrian monk-astronomer

*May 28th, 1721, Upper Austria †August 27th, 1791, Kremsmünster

81

Domenico Corvi

Italian painter (1721-1803)

*September 16th, 1721, Viterbo †July 22nd, 1803, Rome

71

Franz Anton Knittel

German theologian

*April 3rd, 1721, Salzdahlum †December 10th, 1792, Wolfenbüttel

72

Roger Sherman

Early American lawyer and politician, Founding Father of the United States (1721-1793)

*April 19th, 1721, Newton †July 23rd, 1793, New Haven

85

Eliphalet Dyer

American judge and politician

*September 14th, 1721, Windham †May 13th, 1807, Windham

52

Friedrich Wilhelm von Seydlitz

German general

*February 3rd, 1721, Kalkar †August 27th, 1773, Oława

46

John Frederick, Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt

Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt (1721-1767)

*January 8th, 1721, Rudolstadt †July 10th, 1767, Rudolstadt

76

Johann Samuel Diterich

German Archdeacon and parson (1721-1797)

*January 1st, 1721, Berlin †January 1st, 1797, Berlin

77

Christian Gotthelf von Gutschmid

German politician (1721-1798)

*December 12th, 1721, Kahren †December 30th, 1798, Dresden

48

Mark Akenside

English poet and physician

*November 9th, 1721, Newcastle upon Tyne †June 23rd, 1770, London

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1721 is a normal year and no leap year.

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