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

1783  On March - 26 johann Baptist Weigl, composer   

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  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  On this day in history congress orders removal of Indians east of Mississippi to Louisiana   

1804  Territory of Orleans organized in Louisiana Purchase on this day in history.   

1806  On this day in history josef Slavik, composer   

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 this day in history.   

1808  On this day in history 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 this day in history earthquake destroys 90% of Caracas; about 20,000 die   

1812  On March - 26 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 March - 26.   

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 March - 26.   

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

1821  On March - 26 earnest Angel, German statistician (Law of Angel)   

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

1827  Emanuel Kania, composer on this day in history.   

1827  On this day in history ludwig van Beethoven, German composer (Appassionata), dies at 56   

1830  The Book of Mormon is published in Palmyra, New York on this day in history.   

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  Vasili III, great prince of Moscow (1505-33)/son of Ivan III was born on this day in history.   

1516  Conrad Gessner, Swiss naturalist (d. 1565) was born on this day in history.   

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

1671  On March - 26 birth of giacomo Cesare Predieri, composer   

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

1698  Václav Prokop DiviÅ¡, Czech theologian and natural scientist (d. 1765) was born on this day in history.   

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

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

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

1350  On March - 26 alfonso XI, King of Castile & Leon, dies   

1517  On March - 26 death of heinrich Isaac, Flemish composer