Historical Events In March - 26

1726  On March - 26 john Vanbrugh, Dutch/English playwright (Provoked Wife), dies at 62   

1736  On this day in history georg Balthasar Schott, composer, dies at 49   

1753  On this day in history benjamin Thompson, physicist (Royal Inst of Great Britain, Woburn MA)   

1758  Johann Daniel Ferstenberg, composer on March - 26.   

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

1780  On March - 26 the first British Sunday newspaper appears (British Gazette &Sunday Monitor)   

1780  On this day in history 1st British Sunday newspaper appears (Brit Gazette & Sunday Monitor)   

1783  On March - 26 johann Baptist Weigl, composer   

1790  On March - 26 congress passes Naturalization Act, requires 2-year residency   

1793  Pro-royalist uprising in Vendée region of France on March - 26.   

1793  Pro-royalist uprising in Vendée region of France on this day in history.   

1797  On March - 26 james Hutton, geologist, dies   

1799  On March - 26 napolean captures Jaffa Palestine   

1804  Congress orders removal of Indians east of Mississippi to Louisiana on this day in history.   

1804  On this day in history territory of Orleans organized in Louisiana Purchase   

1806  Josef Slavik, composer on this day in history.   

1808  Napoleon announces that France must guard the coast of Spain against Britain, he orders upwards of 70,000 men to cross the Spanish frontier in January, French forces occupy the fortresses of San Sebastian, Pamplona, Figuera, and Barcelona by treachery in February, and by mid-March there are nearly 100,000 French troops in Spain Their commander in chief Joachim Murat occupies Madrid and Carlos IV abdicates in favor of his son Ferdinand, 23 on March - 26.   

1808  Charles IV of Spain abdicates in favor of his son, Ferdinand VII on this day in history.   

1809  On March - 26 gabriele Mario Piozzi, composer, dies at 68   

1812  Earthquake destroys 90% of Caracas; about 20,000 die on this day in history.   

1812  On this day in history in Venezuela an earthquake destroys the City of Caracas severe damage. 20,000 killed.   

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

1817  Herman Haupt, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1905 on this day in history.   

1819  Francisco Eduardo da Costa, composer on this day in history.   

1820  Jean-Etienne Despreaux, composer, dies at 71 on this day in history.   

1821  On March - 26 franz Grillparzer's "Das Goldene Vliess," premieres in Vienna   

1821  On this day in history earnest Angel, German statistician (Law of Angel)   

1824  On this day in history 1st performance of Beethoven's "Missa Solemnis"   

1827  On March - 26 emanuel Kania, composer   

1827  On March - 26 ludwig van Beethoven, German composer (Appassionata), dies at 56   

1830  On March - 26 the Book of Mormon is published in Palmyra, New York.   

1830  Eliza Laurillard, Dutch vicar/poet/writer on this day in history.   

1831  Richard Allen, AME Church Bishop, dies at 71 on March - 26.   

1833  On this day in history betsy Perk, [Christina E], Dutch journalist/writer/feminist   

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1479  On March - 26 birth of vasili III, great prince of Moscow (1505-33)/son of Ivan III   

1516  Conrad Gessner, Swiss naturalist (d. 1565) was born on March - 26.   

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  On March - 26 birth of william Wollaston, Coton England, philosopher   

1671  On this day in history birth of giacomo Cesare Predieri, composer   

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

1698  Václav Prokop DiviÅ¡, Czech theologian and natural scientist (d. 1765) was born on March - 26.   

0304  On March - 26 death of saint Emmanuel, Christian martyr killed under Diocletian   

0752  Stephen II, Catholic Pope (3/22-26/752), dies on March - 26.   

0809  Liudger, missionary/1st bishop of Munster/saint, dies at about 66 on this day in history.   

1130  On this day in history death of king Sigurd I of Norway (b. ca. 1090)   

1212  On March - 26 sancho I, King of Portugal (1185-1212), dies at 58   

1258  Floris, the Guardian, count-regent of Holland, dies on this day in history.   

1350  Alfonso XI, King of Castile & Leon, dies on March - 26.   

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