April 26 in History

Henry renounces the Amicable Grant

Parliament endorses Hotham's refusal and maintains control of the Hull magazine.

Fails to capture Hispaniola before the expedition turns toward Jamaica

Leads the land attack on Hispaniola that ends in failure

William III of Orange gains hereditary recognition of the stadtholdership in Utrecht.

Extends the life of Parliament to 7 years

Artois electors sent Robespierre to the Estates General as one of their Third Estate representatives.

Lands at Lisbon with a new British army

Brunel launches a survey cylinder into the River Tamar to investigate foundations for the future bridge.

Conducts the first performance of the original version of Symphony No 1 in Helsinki.

The new fundemental laws for the constitution are made public

Appointed Minister of the Interior

Nominates five assessors to assist Lord Mersey during the formal investigation into Titanic's loss.

Obtains recognition of an Italian interest in the region around Adalia if Ottoman territory in Asia is partitioned.

Accepts provisions recognising Italian interests around Adalia if Ottoman territory in Asia is partitioned or occupied.

Accepts in principle possible colonial compensation for Italy if France and Britain gain German territory in Africa.

Accepts provisions concerning Valona, a reduced neutral Albanian state and possible territorial changes around Albania.

Accepts provisions allowing a reduced neutral Albanian state while giving Italy a privileged position around Valona and in Albanian foreign affairs.

The Treaty is secret until later exposed by the Russian Bolsheviks

Accepts the agreement promising Italy substantial parts of Dalmatia and specified Adriatic islands.

Obtains extensive promised territorial gains along the Dalmatian coast and islands.

Supports the secret agreement that aligns Italy with the Entente and promises territorial rewards after victory.

Secures Allied recognition of Italian ownership of the Dodecanese islands already occupied by Italy.

Obtains Allied recognition of future Italian sovereignty over the Dodecanese islands then occupied by Italy.

Approves Italy's commitment to begin active operations against the enemies of the Entente within one month.

Hunter-Weston consolidates several Helles landing beaches into a continuous Allied foothold.

Accepts a clause supporting Italy's opposition to participation by representatives of the Holy See in diplomatic action over the final peace.

The treaty contains a clause supporting Italian opposition to Holy See representation in future peace negotiations concerning the war.

Accepts the declaration that Arabia and the Muslim Holy Places should remain under an independent Muslim power.

Approves the agreement intended to bring Italy into the war on the Allied side.

Accepts Britain's undertaking to facilitate a large loan for Italy on the London financial market.

Asquith's government concludes the secret London agreement promising territorial gains to Italy in return for entering the war against the Central Powers.

D'Amade withdraws the French diversionary force from Kum Kale after completing its task.

Obtains a British undertaking to facilitate an immediate Italian loan of at least fifty million pounds on the London market.

Signs terms calling for immediate military coordination among Britain, France, Italy and Russia.

Accepts provisions for French and British naval assistance to Italy against the Austro-Hungarian fleet.

Signs the accompanying declaration binding the four governments not to conclude a separate peace.

Commits Italy to take the field within one month of signing the agreement.

His government joins France and Russia in the secret agreement promising territorial gains if Italy enters the war against the Central Powers.

Negotiates the secret agreement promising Italy Trentino, South Tyrol, Trieste, Istria and other gains in return for entering the war.

Signs provisions requiring the agreement itself to remain secret while Italy's eventual adherence to the Allied declaration becomes public.

Accepts that the agreement and its territorial promises will remain secret.

Benckendorff commits Russia to the concessions promised to Italy in return for Italian intervention.

Signs the secret agreement on behalf of Russia.

Signs the secret agreement for France, committing the Allies to the negotiated concessions to Italy.

Signs the secret Treaty of London on behalf of France.

Signs the secret agreement with the Italian, French and Russian representatives.

Signs the secret agreement for Britain alongside the Italian, French and Russian representatives.

Imperiali places Italy's signature on the secret accord binding Italy to enter the war alongside the Entente.

Signs the Treaty of London for Italy after presenting his government's memorandum of conditions.

Secures Allied promises that Italy will receive Trentino and South Tyrol to the Brenner after victory.

Secures the Allied promise that Italy should receive the Trentino and the frontier toward the Brenner after victory.

Obtains promises of Trieste, Gorizia, Gradisca and most of Istria in the future peace settlement.

Secures promised Italian acquisition of Trieste, Gorizia, Gradisca and most of Istria under the secret settlement.

Secures a promise that Italy will receive Valona, Saseno and surrounding strategic territory.

Secures a promise of full Italian sovereignty over Valona, Saseno and surrounding territory.

Secures a promise that Italy will receive a share of any war contribution proportionate to its sacrifices.

Obtains recognition that Italy should receive a share of any eventual war indemnity reflecting its sacrifices.

The Provisional Government concedes that it cannot maintain order

The Provisional Government concedes that it cannot maintain order

Uses spiral nebulae including Andromeda in the Great Debate, arguing that they are external galaxies rather than small objects inside the Milky Way.

Marries Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, youngest daughter of the 14th Earl of Strathmore

Appointed President of Germany, 1st term

Scores Arsenal's opening goal as the club defeat Huddersfield Town to win their first major trophy.

Scores Arsenal's second goal in the 2-0 FA Cup final victory over Huddersfield Town.

Captains Arsenal to the club's first major trophy in the FA Cup final victory over Huddersfield Town.

Creates the Gestapo in Prussia, establishing a secret police instrument for surveillance and repression.

The kondor legion bombs the basque town of Geurnica killing over 6,000

The Condor Legion takes part in the bombing of Guernica

Appointed Party Leader of the United Australia Party

Appointed Prime Minister of Australia, 1st term

General Mackesy is forced to call off the pincer assault on Trondheim

General Mackesy is forced to call off the pincer assault on Trondheim

Papandreou forms a government intended to unite resistance and exile political forces.

General der Artillerie Helmuth Weidling is appointed commander of the Berlin Defence Area

Helmuth Weidling is appointed Commander of the Berlin Defence Area

Helmuth Weidling is appointed Commander of the Berlin Defence Area

American & Russian troops link forces at the River Elbe

Directs US diplomacy during the Geneva Conference on Indochina

Announces candidacy for 2nd term as Vice President

His government ends in Helsinki, concluding this term as Prime Minister of Finland.

Takes office as Prime Minister of Finland and forms a government in Helsinki.

Oswald registered with the Louisiana Department of Labor on April 26, 1963, seeking work in photography, shipping, or darkroom occupations.

The achievement marks beloyarsk nuclear power as an important Russian scientific milestone.

Supports reactor development as Beloyarsk Unit 1 connects to the electrical grid.

Restored as Prime Minister after the military regime collapses

Forms a restored APC government after returning to office

Says de Gaulles "suicide-by-referendum" was a manoeuvre for him to exit public life

Says de Gaulles "suicide-by-referendum" was a manoeuvre for him to exit public life

The Government decides to build the 3rd London airport at Foulness

Signs the Itaipu Treaty with Brazil to develop a major hydroelectric project.

Addresses the NEC Conference on Europe but it votes 2 to 1 to stay out of Europe

Gaddafi orders dissidents abroad to return by June or face revolutionary punishment.

A "defence area" is declared around the fleet

Declares a defence area around the British fleet.

Admiral Woodward's task group rendezvous with mid-Atlantic destroyers

Surrenders the Argentine detachment at Leith Harbour after British forces retake South Georgia.

Rendezvous with destroyers moving south.

Produces Tug of War, reuniting with Paul McCartney for a successful early-1980s album.

Reporting restrictions are restored, only Tass bulletins are published

His government ends in Helsinki, concluding this term as Prime Minister of Finland.

Takes office as Prime Minister of Finland and forms a government in Helsinki.

Konare wins the presidential runoff concluding Mali's transition to elected civilian government.

Treats the referendum result as political backing for continued reform despite persistent conflict with parliament.

EMI release "Crazy Diamond - The Complete Syd Barrett" as a box set

South Africas 1st ever multi-racial election

Cassini performs its first Venus gravity assist while travelling toward Saturn and conducts limited observations of the planet.

Hubble images provide direct visual evidence of planet-building material in dusty disks around young stars in the Orion Nebula.

Releases Devils and Dust, a solo-oriented album focused on war, faith and private moral conflict.

Bangladeshs emergency Government backtracks on plans to exile two feuding former Prime Minister's but appears to threaten the women with corruption charges if they stay in the country

Bangladeshs emergency Government backtracks on plans to exile two feuding former Prime Minister's but appears to threaten the women with corruption charges if they stay in the country

Nazarbayev wins another early presidential election

Parker leads Hubble observations discovering a small dark moon orbiting the dwarf planet Makemake.

Parker leads Hubble observations revealing a small dark moon orbiting the Kuiper Belt dwarf planet Makemake.

Convenes allies to coordinate military support for Ukraine.

Joins allied planning for long-term Ukrainian defense support.

Meets Donald Trump before Pope Francis's funeral and discusses efforts to end the war.

Birth of Marcus Aurelius in Rome.

Birth of Ludwig Wittgenstein

Kunwar Singh dies at Jagdishpur after returning from a final campaign against British forces.

Death of Sid James

Death of Bea Arthur, actress in the "Golden Girls"

General der Artillerie Helmuth Weidling is appointed commander of the Berlin Defence Area

I have no intentions of wandering around in the woods. I am staying here and I will fall at the head of my troops. You, for your part, will carry on with your defence.".

In the depths of the Bendlerblock, Weidlings staff did not know whether it was day or nigh. Helmuth Weidling is appointed Commander of the Berlin Defence Area

Weidling chose as his base of operations the old army headquarters on the Bendlerstrasse, the "Bendlerblock." This location had well-equipped air-raid shelters and was close to the Reich Chancellery.

Weidling presented Hitler with a detailed proposal for a breakout from Berlin. When Weidling finished, Hitler shook his head and said: "Your proposal is perfectly all right. But what is the point of it all?