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

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

1698  On this day in history birth of václav Prokop Diviš, Czech theologian and natural scientist (d. 1765)  

1717  On March - 26 birth of manuel Jeronimo Romero de Avila, composer  

1749  William Blount, American Statesman (d. 1800) was born on March - 26.  

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  Johann Baptist Weigl, composer was born on March - 26.  

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

1806  On March - 26 birth of josef Slavik, composer  

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  Francisco Eduardo da Costa, composer was born on March - 26.  

1819  On March - 26 birth of louise Otto, Germany, author/feminist  

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

1827  On March - 26 birth of emanuel Kania, composer  

1830  Eliza Laurillard, Dutch vicar/poet/writer was born on March - 26.  

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  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 March - 26 birth of braulio Dueno Colon, composer  

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

1859  On March - 26 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  George William Louis Marshall-Hall, composer was born on this day in history.  

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0304  Death of Saint Emmanuel, Christian martyr killed under Diocletian on March - 26.  

0752  On March - 26 stephen II, Catholic Pope (3/22-26/752), dies  

0809  On March - 26 liudger, missionary/1st bishop of Munster/saint, dies at about 66  

1130  Death of King Sigurd I of Norway (b. ca. 1090) on this day in history.  

1212  On this day in history sancho I, King of Portugal (1185-1212), dies at 58  

1258  On March - 26 floris, the Guardian, count-regent of Holland, dies  

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

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