Famous Birthdays In March - 26

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  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 this day in history.  

1659  William Wollaston, Coton England, philosopher was born on March - 26.  

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

1684  Johann Graf, composer was born on this day in history.  

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

1717  Manuel Jeronimo Romero de Avila, composer was born on March - 26.  

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

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

1758  Johann Daniel Ferstenberg, composer was born on March - 26.  

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

1783  On this day in history birth of johann Baptist Weigl, composer  

1794  Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld, German painter (d. 1872) was born on this day in history.  

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

1813  Thomas West Sherman, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1879 was born on March - 26.  

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

1819  On March - 26 birth of francisco Eduardo da Costa, composer  

1819  Louise Otto, Germany, author/feminist was born on March - 26.  

1821  Earnest Angel, German statistician (Law of Angel) was born on this day in history.  

1827  On this day in history birth of emanuel Kania, composer  

1830  On this day in history birth of eliza Laurillard, Dutch vicar/poet/writer  

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

1833  On March - 26 birth of betsy Perk, [Christina E], Dutch journalist/writer/feminist  

1840  Carli Zoeller, composer was born on March - 26.  

1840  On this day in history birth of george Smith, London England, assyriologist (cuneiform (script))  

1850  Edward Bellamy, author (Looking Backward) was born on March - 26.  

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  On March - 26 birth of a[lfred] E[dward] Housman, England, poet (Shropshire Lad)  

1859  Nikolay Alexandrovich Sokolov, composer was born on this day in history.  

1859  On March - 26 birth of adolf Hurwitz, German mathematician (d. 1919)  

1862  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

1130  On March - 26 death of king Sigurd I of Norway (b. ca. 1090)  

1212  Sancho I, King of Portugal (1185-1212), dies at 58 on this day in history.  

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

1350  On this day in history alfonso XI, King of Castile & Leon, dies  

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