Famous Personalities Born In March - 26
Thursday, 10 July 2025
1479 Vasili III, great prince of Moscow (1505-33)/son of Ivan III was born on March - 26.
1516 On this day in history birth of conrad Gessner, Swiss naturalist (d. 1565)
1554 Charles of Lorraine, Duke of Mayenne, French military leader (d. 1611) was born on this day in history.
1577 Elisabeth of Nassau, daughter of Willem I & Charlotte of Bourbon was born on this day in history.
1659 William Wollaston, Coton England, philosopher was born on this day in history.
1671 Giacomo Cesare Predieri, composer was born on this day in history.
1684 Johann Graf, composer was born on this day in history.
1698 Václav Prokop Diviš, Czech theologian and natural scientist (d. 1765) was born on this day in history.
1717 On this day in history birth of manuel Jeronimo Romero de Avila, composer
1749 William Blount, American Statesman (d. 1800) was born on March - 26.
1753 On this day in history birth of benjamin Thompson, physicist (Royal Inst of Great Britain, Woburn MA)
1758 Johann Daniel Ferstenberg, composer was born on March - 26.
1773 Nathaniel Bowditch, mathematician/astronomer/author (Marine Sextant) was born on this day in history.
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 On this day in history birth of josef Slavik, composer
1813 On March - 26 birth of thomas West Sherman, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1879
1817 Herman Haupt, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1905 was born on this day in history.
1819 On this day in history birth of francisco Eduardo da Costa, composer
1819 Louise Otto, Germany, author/feminist was born on this day in history.
1821 On this day in history birth of earnest Angel, German statistician (Law of Angel)
1827 On this day in history birth of emanuel Kania, composer
1830 On this day in history birth of eliza Laurillard, Dutch vicar/poet/writer
1830 On this day in history birth of john Rogers Thomas, composer
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 On March - 26 birth of george Smith, London England, assyriologist (cuneiform (script))
1850 On this day in history birth of edward Bellamy, author (Looking Backward)
1854 Braulio Dueno Colon, composer was born on this day in history.
1856 On March - 26 birth of david Alfred Thomas, Glamorganshire UK, 1st Viscount Rhondda
1859 A[lfred] E[dward] Housman, England, poet (Shropshire Lad) was born on this day in history.
1859 On this day in history birth of nikolay Alexandrovich Sokolov, composer
1859 Adolf Hurwitz, German mathematician (d. 1919) was born on this day in history.
1862 On this day in history birth of george William Louis Marshall-Hall, composer