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  On this day in history birth of conrad Gessner, Swiss naturalist (d. 1565)  

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 March - 26 birth of william Wollaston, Coton England, philosopher  

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

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

1698  Václav Prokop DiviÅ¡, Czech theologian and natural scientist (d. 1765) was born on March - 26.  

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

1749  William Blount, American Statesman (d. 1800) was born on this day in history.  

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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 this day in history.  

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

1783  On March - 26 birth of johann Baptist Weigl, composer  

1794  On March - 26 birth of julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld, German painter (d. 1872)  

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

1819  On March - 26 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 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  Betsy Perk, [Christina E], Dutch journalist/writer/feminist was born on March - 26.  

1840  On this day in history birth of carli Zoeller, composer  

1840  George Smith, London England, assyriologist (cuneiform (script)) was born on March - 26.  

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 March - 26 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  On March - 26 birth of nikolay Alexandrovich Sokolov, composer  

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

1862  George William Louis Marshall-Hall, composer was born on this day in history.  

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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 this day in history liudger, missionary/1st bishop of Munster/saint, dies at about 66  

1130  On this day in history death of king Sigurd I of Norway (b. ca. 1090)  

1212  On this day in history 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 March - 26.  

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