Historical Events In March - 26

1726  John Vanbrugh, Dutch/English playwright (Provoked Wife), dies at 62 on this day in history.   

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

1753  On March - 26 benjamin Thompson, physicist (Royal Inst of Great Britain, Woburn MA)   

1758  Johann Daniel Ferstenberg, composer on March - 26.   

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

1780  On this day in history 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  Johann Baptist Weigl, composer on this day in history.   

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

1793  On this day in history pro-royalist uprising in Vendée region of France   

1793  On this day in history pro-royalist uprising in Vendée region of France   

1797  James Hutton, geologist, dies on this day in history.   

1799  Napolean captures Jaffa Palestine on March - 26.   

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

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

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

1809  On this day in history 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 March - 26.   

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

1817  Herman Haupt, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1905 on March - 26.   

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

1820  On March - 26 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 March - 26 1st performance of Beethoven's "Missa Solemnis"   

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

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

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

1833  Betsy Perk, [Christina E], Dutch journalist/writer/feminist on this day in history.   

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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 this day in history.   

1554  Charles of Lorraine, Duke of Mayenne, French military leader (d. 1611) was born on March - 26.   

1577  Elisabeth of Nassau, daughter of Willem I & Charlotte of Bourbon was born on this day in history.   

1659  On this day in history birth of william Wollaston, Coton England, philosopher   

1671  Giacomo Cesare Predieri, composer was born on March - 26.   

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

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

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  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 March - 26.   

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