Famous Personalities Born In March - 26
Tuesday, 01 July 2025
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 this day in history.
1554 Charles of Lorraine, Duke of Mayenne, French military leader (d. 1611) was born on this day in history.
1577 On March - 26 birth of elisabeth of Nassau, daughter of Willem I & Charlotte of Bourbon
1659 On this day in history birth of william Wollaston, Coton England, philosopher
1671 Giacomo Cesare Predieri, composer was born on March - 26.
1684 Johann Graf, composer was born on March - 26.
1698 On March - 26 birth of václav Prokop Diviš, Czech theologian and natural scientist (d. 1765)
1717 On this day in history 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 this day in history birth of nathaniel Bowditch, mathematician/astronomer/author (Marine Sextant)
1783 On March - 26 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 this day in history.
1817 Herman Haupt, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1905 was born on March - 26.
1819 Francisco Eduardo da Costa, composer was born on March - 26.
1819 Louise Otto, Germany, author/feminist was born on March - 26.
1821 On this day in history birth of earnest Angel, German statistician (Law of Angel)
1827 Emanuel Kania, composer was born on this day in history.
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 this day in history birth of carli Zoeller, composer
1840 On this day in history birth of george Smith, London England, assyriologist (cuneiform (script))
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 A[lfred] E[dward] Housman, England, poet (Shropshire Lad) was born on March - 26.
1859 Nikolay Alexandrovich Sokolov, composer was born on March - 26.
1859 On this day in history birth of adolf Hurwitz, German mathematician (d. 1919)
1862 On March - 26 birth of george William Louis Marshall-Hall, composer