Famous Personalities Born In March - 26
Sunday, 16 February 2025
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 this day in history birth of charles of Lorraine, Duke of Mayenne, French military leader (d. 1611)
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 this day in history.
1671 On this day in history birth of giacomo Cesare Predieri, composer
1684 On this day in history birth of johann Graf, composer
1698 Václav Prokop Diviš, Czech theologian and natural scientist (d. 1765) was born on March - 26.
1717 On this day in history birth of manuel Jeronimo Romero de Avila, composer
1749 William Blount, American Statesman (d. 1800) was born on March - 26.
1753 Benjamin Thompson, physicist (Royal Inst of Great Britain, Woburn MA) was born on this day in history.
1758 On this day in history birth of johann Daniel Ferstenberg, composer
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 this day in history.
1806 On this day in history birth of josef Slavik, composer
1813 Thomas West Sherman, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1879 was born on this day in history.
1817 On this day in history birth of herman Haupt, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1905
1819 Francisco Eduardo da Costa, composer was born on this day in history.
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 Emanuel Kania, composer was born on this day in history.
1830 Eliza Laurillard, Dutch vicar/poet/writer was born on this day in history.
1830 On this day in history birth of john Rogers Thomas, composer
1833 Betsy Perk, [Christina E], Dutch journalist/writer/feminist was born on this day in history.
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 this day in history.
1854 On March - 26 birth of braulio Dueno Colon, composer
1856 On March - 26 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 March - 26 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