Page 2: Historical Events In March - 26

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

1736  Georg Balthasar Schott, composer, dies at 49 on this day in history.   

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

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

1773  Nathaniel Bowditch, mathematician/astronomer/author (Marine Sextant) on this day in history.   

1780  The first British Sunday newspaper appears (British Gazette &Sunday Monitor) on March - 26.   

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

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

1790  Congress passes Naturalization Act, requires 2-year residency on this day in history.   

1793  On March - 26 pro-royalist uprising in Vendée region of France   

1793  On March - 26 pro-royalist uprising in Vendée region of France   

1797  On March - 26 james Hutton, geologist, dies   

1799  Napolean captures Jaffa Palestine on this day in history.   

1804  Congress orders removal of Indians east of Mississippi to Louisiana on March - 26.   

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

1806  Josef Slavik, composer on this day in history.   

1808  On this day in history 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   

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

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

1812  Earthquake destroys 90% of Caracas; about 20,000 die on March - 26.   

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

1813  Thomas West Sherman, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1879 on this day in history.   

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

1819  On this day in history francisco Eduardo da Costa, composer   

1820  On this day in history jean-Etienne Despreaux, composer, dies at 71   

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

1821  Earnest Angel, German statistician (Law of Angel) on March - 26.   

1824  1st performance of Beethoven's "Missa Solemnis" on March - 26.   

1827  Emanuel Kania, composer on this day in history.   

1827  Ludwig van Beethoven, German composer (Appassionata), dies at 56 on this day in history.   

1830  The Book of Mormon is published in Palmyra, New York on March - 26.   

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

1831  Richard Allen, AME Church Bishop, dies at 71 on this day in history.   

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

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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 March - 26.   

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  William Wollaston, Coton England, philosopher was born on March - 26.   

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

1684  Johann Graf, composer was born on March - 26.   

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

0304  Death of Saint Emmanuel, Christian martyr killed under Diocletian on March - 26.   

0752  Stephen II, Catholic Pope (3/22-26/752), dies on this day in history.   

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

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 this day in history.   

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

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

1517  Death of Heinrich Isaac, Flemish composer on March - 26.