Famous Birthdays In March - 26

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 March - 26.   

1577  On March - 26 birth of elisabeth of Nassau, daughter of Willem I & Charlotte of Bourbon   

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  On March - 26 birth of johann Graf, composer   

1698  Václav Prokop DiviÅ¡, 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  Benjamin Thompson, physicist (Royal Inst of Great Britain, Woburn MA) was born on March - 26.   

1758  Johann Daniel Ferstenberg, composer was born on this day in history.   

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

1783  Johann Baptist Weigl, composer was born on this day in history.   

1794  Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld, German painter (d. 1872) was born on March - 26.   

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

1813  On this day in history birth of thomas West Sherman, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1879   

1817  On March - 26 birth of herman Haupt, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1905   

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

1827  On March - 26 birth of emanuel Kania, composer   

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

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

1833  On March - 26 birth of betsy Perk, [Christina E], Dutch journalist/writer/feminist   

1840  On March - 26 birth of carli Zoeller, composer   

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

1850  On this day in history birth of edward Bellamy, author (Looking Backward)   

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

1856  On this day in history birth of david Alfred Thomas, Glamorganshire UK, 1st Viscount Rhondda   

1859  A[lfred] E[dward] Housman, England, poet (Shropshire Lad) was born on March - 26.   

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  Death of Saint Emmanuel, Christian martyr killed under Diocletian on March - 26.   

0752  On March - 26 stephen II, Catholic Pope (3/22-26/752), dies   

0809  Liudger, missionary/1st bishop of Munster/saint, dies at about 66 on March - 26.   

1130  Death of King Sigurd I of Norway (b. ca. 1090) on March - 26.   

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

1258  On March - 26 floris, the Guardian, count-regent of Holland, dies   

1350  Alfonso XI, King of Castile & Leon, dies on this day in history.   

1517  On this day in history death of heinrich Isaac, Flemish composer