Famous Birthdays In March - 26

1479  On this day in history birth of vasili III, great prince of Moscow (1505-33)/son of Ivan III   

1516  Conrad Gessner, Swiss naturalist (d. 1565) was born on this day in history.   

1554  Charles of Lorraine, Duke of Mayenne, French military leader (d. 1611) was born on this day in history.   

1577  On this day in history birth of elisabeth of Nassau, daughter of Willem I & Charlotte of Bourbon   

1659  On this day in history birth of william Wollaston, Coton England, philosopher   

1671  Giacomo Cesare Predieri, composer was born on this day in history.   

1684  Johann Graf, composer was born on this day in history.   

1698  On this day in history birth of václav Prokop DiviÅ¡, Czech theologian and natural scientist (d. 1765)   

1717  Manuel Jeronimo Romero de Avila, composer was born on March - 26.   

1749  William Blount, American Statesman (d. 1800) was born on this day in history.   

1753  Benjamin Thompson, physicist (Royal Inst of Great Britain, Woburn MA) was born on March - 26.   

1758  On March - 26 birth of johann Daniel Ferstenberg, composer   

1773  On March - 26 birth of nathaniel Bowditch, mathematician/astronomer/author (Marine Sextant)   

1783  On this day in history birth of johann Baptist Weigl, composer   

1794  On this day in history birth of julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld, German painter (d. 1872)   

1806  Josef Slavik, composer was born on this day in history.   

1813  On March - 26 birth of thomas West Sherman, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1879   

1817  On this day in history birth of herman Haupt, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1905   

1819  On March - 26 birth of francisco Eduardo da Costa, composer   

1819  On this day in history birth of louise Otto, Germany, author/feminist   

1821  On March - 26 birth of earnest Angel, German statistician (Law of Angel)   

1827  Emanuel Kania, composer was born on March - 26.   

1830  On March - 26 birth of eliza Laurillard, Dutch vicar/poet/writer   

1830  John Rogers Thomas, composer was born on March - 26.   

1833  Betsy Perk, [Christina E], Dutch journalist/writer/feminist was born on this day in history.   

1840  Carli Zoeller, composer was born on March - 26.   

1840  George Smith, London England, assyriologist (cuneiform (script)) was born on March - 26.   

1850  Edward Bellamy, author (Looking Backward) was born on this day in history.   

1854  On March - 26 birth of braulio Dueno Colon, composer   

1856  On March - 26 birth of david Alfred Thomas, Glamorganshire UK, 1st Viscount Rhondda   

1859  On this day in history birth of a[lfred] E[dward] Housman, England, poet (Shropshire Lad)   

1859  On March - 26 birth of nikolay Alexandrovich Sokolov, composer   

1859  Adolf Hurwitz, German mathematician (d. 1919) was born on March - 26.   

1862  George William Louis Marshall-Hall, composer was born on March - 26.   

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0304  On this day in history death of saint Emmanuel, Christian martyr killed under Diocletian   

0752  On this day in history stephen II, Catholic Pope (3/22-26/752), dies   

0809  On this day in history liudger, missionary/1st bishop of Munster/saint, dies at about 66   

1130  Death of King Sigurd I of Norway (b. ca. 1090) on this day in history.   

1212  Sancho I, King of Portugal (1185-1212), dies at 58 on March - 26.   

1258  On this day in history floris, the Guardian, count-regent of Holland, dies   

1350  On this day in history alfonso XI, King of Castile & Leon, dies   

1517  Death of Heinrich Isaac, Flemish composer on this day in history.