Historical Events In March - 26

1881  On March - 26 thessaly is freed and becomes part of Greece again.   

1884  On this day in history wilhelm Backhaus, Leipzig Germany, pianist (Rubinstein 1905)   

1885  On this day in history eastman Film Co manufactures first commercial motion picture film   

1885  On this day in history louis Riel's forces defeat Canadian forces at Duck Lake, Saskatchewan   

1885  On March - 26 eastman Film Co manufactures 1st commercial motion picture film   

1885  On this day in history julius Harrison, composer   

1886  The birth of Chico Marx, American actor on this day in history.   

1886  On March - 26 1st cremation in England   

1889  Bernard Tancred carries bat for 26 out of 47! South Africa vs England on this day in history.   

1889  Johnny Briggs took 15-26 (7-17 &8-11) vs South Africa at Newlands on March - 26.   

1889  South Africa all out 47, then follow-on all out 43 vs England on this day in history.   

1889  Bernard Tancred carries bat for 26* out of 47! S Afr v England on March - 26.   

1889  Vaclav Kapral, composer on March - 26.   

1890  On March - 26 jozef Arras, Flemish writer   

1892  Anton Wallerstein, composer, dies at 78 on this day in history.   

1893  Palmiro Togliatti, founder (Communist Party of Italy) on March - 26.   

1894  On March - 26 will Wright, SF CA, actor (Living Christ Story)   

1895  On March - 26 king Alfonso plants pine sapling in Madrid, starts Spain's Arbor Day   

1896  On March - 26 richard Flury, composer   

1896  On this day in history nanny v Hof, writer, dies   

1898  Renzo Massarani, composer on March - 26.   

1899  James B Connant, chemist/college president (Yale) on March - 26.   

1900  On March - 26 1st edition The (Free) People (Neth, probably Amsterdam)   

1900  On March - 26 isadore Freed, composer   

1900  Isaac Mayer Wise, rabbi/found Amer Hebrew Congregations, dies at 80 on this day in history.   

1902  On March - 26 leslie Melville, economist   

1902  Cecil Rhodes, Prime Minister of Cape Colony (1890-96) dies at 48 on this day in history.   

1903  On this day in history american Hotel opens in Amsterdam   

1904  On March - 26 emilio Fernandez, El Seco Mexico, director (La Choca, Flor Silvestre)   

1905  Pablo Garrido, composer on March - 26.   

1907  Leigh Harline, composer on this day in history.   

1908  On March - 26 the Prince Edward Island Assembly passes a law to ban all automobiles from its roads, since rescinded   

1908  Betty MacDonald, [Anne E Campbell Bard], US writer (Egg & I) on this day in history.   

1909  August Strindberg's "Bjalb-jarle-ti," premieres in Stockholm on this day in history.   

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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 this day in history.   

1554  On this day in history birth of charles of Lorraine, Duke of Mayenne, French military leader (d. 1611)   

1577  On March - 26 birth of elisabeth of Nassau, daughter of Willem I & Charlotte of Bourbon   

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 March - 26 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 March - 26.   

0809  Liudger, missionary/1st bishop of Munster/saint, dies at about 66 on March - 26.   

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

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