Famous Birthdays In March - 26

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  On this day in history birth of elisabeth of Nassau, daughter of Willem I & Charlotte of Bourbon  

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

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

1684  On this day in history birth of johann Graf, composer  

1698  On March - 26 birth of václav Prokop Diviš, Czech theologian and natural scientist (d. 1765)  

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

1749  On March - 26 birth of william Blount, American Statesman (d. 1800)  

1753  Benjamin Thompson, physicist (Royal Inst of Great Britain, Woburn MA) was born on March - 26.  

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  On this day in history birth of julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld, German painter (d. 1872)  

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

1819  On this day in history 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 March - 26.  

1827  On March - 26 birth of emanuel Kania, composer  

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

1830  On March - 26 birth of john Rogers Thomas, composer  

1833  On this day in history birth of betsy Perk, [Christina E], Dutch journalist/writer/feminist  

1840  Carli Zoeller, composer was born on this day in history.  

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

1850  On this day in history birth of edward Bellamy, author (Looking Backward)  

1854  Braulio Dueno Colon, composer was born on March - 26.  

1856  David Alfred Thomas, Glamorganshire UK, 1st Viscount Rhondda was born on this day in history.  

1859  On this day in history birth of a[lfred] E[dward] Housman, England, poet (Shropshire Lad)  

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 March - 26 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  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  On March - 26 floris, the Guardian, count-regent of Holland, dies  

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

1517  On this day in history death of heinrich Isaac, Flemish composer