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 March - 26 birth of conrad Gessner, Swiss naturalist (d. 1565)  

1554  Charles of Lorraine, Duke of Mayenne, French military leader (d. 1611) was born on this day in history.  

1577  Elisabeth of Nassau, daughter of Willem I & Charlotte of Bourbon was born on March - 26.  

1659  On this day in history birth of william Wollaston, Coton England, philosopher  

1671  Giacomo Cesare Predieri, composer was born on this day in history.  

1684  On March - 26 birth of johann Graf, composer  

1698  Václav Prokop Diviš, Czech theologian and natural scientist (d. 1765) was born on this day in history.  

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

1749  On this day in history 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 March - 26.  

1758  On this day in history birth of johann Daniel Ferstenberg, composer  

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  Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld, German painter (d. 1872) was born on March - 26.  

1806  Josef Slavik, composer was born on March - 26.  

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 this day in history.  

1819  On this day in history birth of francisco Eduardo da Costa, composer  

1819  Louise Otto, Germany, author/feminist was born on this day in history.  

1821  On March - 26 birth of earnest Angel, German statistician (Law of Angel)  

1827  Emanuel Kania, composer was born on this day in history.  

1830  On this day in history birth of eliza Laurillard, Dutch vicar/poet/writer  

1830  On March - 26 birth of john Rogers Thomas, composer  

1833  On March - 26 birth of betsy Perk, [Christina E], Dutch journalist/writer/feminist  

1840  Carli Zoeller, composer was born on March - 26.  

1840  George Smith, London England, assyriologist (cuneiform (script)) was born on this day in history.  

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

1854  On March - 26 birth of braulio Dueno Colon, composer  

1856  On this day in history birth of david Alfred Thomas, Glamorganshire UK, 1st Viscount Rhondda  

1859  On this day in history birth of a[lfred] E[dward] Housman, England, poet (Shropshire Lad)  

1859  On March - 26 birth of nikolay Alexandrovich Sokolov, composer  

1859  On this day in history birth of adolf Hurwitz, German mathematician (d. 1919)  

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

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0304  On this day in history 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  Death of King Sigurd I of Norway (b. ca. 1090) on March - 26.  

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  Alfonso XI, King of Castile & Leon, dies on this day in history.  

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