Page 2: Historical Events In March - 26

1726  On this day in history john Vanbrugh, Dutch/English playwright (Provoked Wife), dies at 62   

1736  On March - 26 georg Balthasar Schott, composer, dies at 49   

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

1758  On March - 26 johann Daniel Ferstenberg, composer   

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  On March - 26 1st British Sunday newspaper appears (Brit Gazette & Sunday Monitor)   

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

1790  Congress passes Naturalization Act, requires 2-year residency on March - 26.   

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

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

1797  James Hutton, geologist, dies on March - 26.   

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  On March - 26 josef Slavik, composer   

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 March - 26 charles IV of Spain abdicates in favor of his son, Ferdinand VII.   

1809  Gabriele Mario Piozzi, composer, dies at 68 on this day in history.   

1812  On March - 26 earthquake destroys 90% of Caracas; about 20,000 die   

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

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

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

1819  On March - 26 francisco Eduardo da Costa, composer   

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

1821  Franz Grillparzer's "Das Goldene Vliess," premieres in Vienna on March - 26.   

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

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

1827  On March - 26 emanuel Kania, composer   

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

1830  On this day in history the Book of Mormon is published in Palmyra, New York.   

1830  Eliza Laurillard, Dutch vicar/poet/writer on March - 26.   

1831  On this day in history richard Allen, AME Church Bishop, dies at 71   

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

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1479  Vasili III, great prince of Moscow (1505-33)/son of Ivan III was born on March - 26.   

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

1554  On March - 26 birth of charles of Lorraine, Duke of Mayenne, French military leader (d. 1611)   

1577  Elisabeth of Nassau, daughter of Willem I & Charlotte of Bourbon was born on March - 26.   

1659  On March - 26 birth of william Wollaston, Coton England, philosopher   

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

1684  On this day in history birth of johann Graf, composer   

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

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

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  On March - 26 death of heinrich Isaac, Flemish composer