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 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 this day in history.  

1671  Giacomo Cesare Predieri, composer was born on March - 26.  

1684  Johann Graf, composer was born on this day in history.  

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

1717  On this day in history birth of manuel Jeronimo Romero de Avila, composer  

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

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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 March - 26.  

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

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  Josef Slavik, composer was born on March - 26.  

1813  On March - 26 birth of thomas West Sherman, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1879  

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  On this day in history 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  John Rogers Thomas, composer was born on this day in history.  

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  On March - 26 birth of george Smith, London England, assyriologist (cuneiform (script))  

1850  Edward Bellamy, author (Looking Backward) was born on March - 26.  

1854  Braulio Dueno Colon, composer was born on this day in history.  

1856  On this day in history 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  Nikolay Alexandrovich Sokolov, composer was born on this day in history.  

1859  Adolf Hurwitz, German mathematician (d. 1919) was born on this day in history.  

1862  On this day in history birth of george William Louis Marshall-Hall, composer  

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0304  On March - 26 death of saint Emmanuel, Christian martyr killed under Diocletian  

0752  Stephen II, Catholic Pope (3/22-26/752), dies on March - 26.  

0809  On this day in history liudger, missionary/1st bishop of Munster/saint, dies at about 66  

1130  On March - 26 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  On this day in history floris, the Guardian, count-regent of Holland, dies  

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

1517  Death of Heinrich Isaac, Flemish composer on this day in history.