Famous Birthdays In March - 26

1479  On March - 26 birth of vasili III, great prince of Moscow (1505-33)/son of Ivan III  

1516  On March - 26 birth of conrad Gessner, Swiss naturalist (d. 1565)  

1554  Charles of Lorraine, Duke of Mayenne, French military leader (d. 1611) was born on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

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

1684  On March - 26 birth of johann Graf, composer  

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

1717  On March - 26 birth of manuel Jeronimo Romero de Avila, composer  

1749  On this day in history birth of william Blount, American Statesman (d. 1800)  

1753  Benjamin Thompson, physicist (Royal Inst of Great Britain, Woburn MA) was born on this day in history.  

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

1773  On March - 26 birth of nathaniel Bowditch, mathematician/astronomer/author (Marine Sextant)  

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

1794  Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld, German painter (d. 1872) was born on March - 26.  

1806  Josef Slavik, composer was born on this day in history.  

1813  On March - 26 birth of thomas West Sherman, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1879  

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

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

1819  On March - 26 birth of louise Otto, Germany, author/feminist  

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

1827  Emanuel Kania, composer was born on March - 26.  

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

1830  On this day in history birth of john Rogers Thomas, composer  

1833  Betsy Perk, [Christina E], Dutch journalist/writer/feminist was born on March - 26.  

1840  On March - 26 birth of carli Zoeller, composer  

1840  George Smith, London England, assyriologist (cuneiform (script)) was born on this day in history.  

1850  Edward Bellamy, author (Looking Backward) was born on this day in history.  

1854  On this day in history birth of braulio Dueno Colon, composer  

1856  On this day in history birth of david Alfred Thomas, Glamorganshire UK, 1st Viscount Rhondda  

1859  A[lfred] E[dward] Housman, England, poet (Shropshire Lad) was born on this day in history.  

1859  On this day in history birth of nikolay Alexandrovich Sokolov, composer  

1859  Adolf Hurwitz, German mathematician (d. 1919) was born on March - 26.  

1862  On March - 26 birth of george William Louis Marshall-Hall, composer  

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0304  On this day in history death of saint Emmanuel, Christian martyr killed under Diocletian  

0752  On this day in history stephen II, Catholic Pope (3/22-26/752), dies  

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 March - 26.  

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

1258  Floris, the Guardian, count-regent of Holland, dies on March - 26.  

1350  Alfonso XI, King of Castile & Leon, dies on this day in history.  

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