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 this day in history 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  On this day in history birth of elisabeth of Nassau, daughter of Willem I & Charlotte of Bourbon  

1659  On March - 26 birth of william Wollaston, Coton England, philosopher  

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

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  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  On March - 26 birth of johann Daniel Ferstenberg, composer  

1773  Nathaniel Bowditch, mathematician/astronomer/author (Marine Sextant) was born on March - 26.  

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 this day in history.  

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

1817  Herman Haupt, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1905 was born on this day in history.  

1819  Francisco Eduardo da Costa, composer was born on this day in history.  

1819  On this day in history birth of louise Otto, Germany, author/feminist  

1821  On this day in history birth of earnest Angel, German statistician (Law of Angel)  

1827  On this day in history birth of emanuel Kania, composer  

1830  Eliza Laurillard, Dutch vicar/poet/writer was born on this day in history.  

1830  John Rogers Thomas, composer was born on this day in history.  

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

1850  On March - 26 birth of edward Bellamy, author (Looking Backward)  

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

1856  David Alfred Thomas, Glamorganshire UK, 1st Viscount Rhondda was born on March - 26.  

1859  A[lfred] E[dward] Housman, England, poet (Shropshire Lad) was born on March - 26.  

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 March - 26 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  On this day in history 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  On March - 26 death of king Sigurd I of Norway (b. ca. 1090)  

1212  Sancho I, King of Portugal (1185-1212), dies at 58 on March - 26.  

1258  On this day in history floris, the Guardian, count-regent of Holland, dies  

1350  Alfonso XI, King of Castile & Leon, dies on this day in history.  

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