On April 26, 1808 in Celtic History
Benjamin burton, fractures his skull in a fall from his horse while hunting but, having apparently recovered, goes out again with the hounds and dies from brain fever
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1895
The trial of Oscar Wilde for homosexuality, then a crime, begins at the Old Bailey
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1826
Robert Adamson, who collaborated with D O Hill to produce early portrait photography, born.
April 26, 1826
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1784
Nano Nagle, Gods Beggar, founder of the Order of the Presentation Sisters of the Blessed Virgin Mary, dies
April 26, 1784
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1745
John Allen (3rd Viscount Allen), former MP for Carysfort, kills a dragoon in a street brawl
April 26, 1745