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 this day in history.  

1554  Charles of Lorraine, Duke of Mayenne, French military leader (d. 1611) was born on March - 26.  

1577  Elisabeth of Nassau, daughter of Willem I & Charlotte of Bourbon was born on this day in history.  

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

1671  On March - 26 birth of giacomo Cesare Predieri, composer  

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

1698  Václav Prokop Diviš, Czech theologian and natural scientist (d. 1765) was born on March - 26.  

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

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

1753  On this day in history birth of benjamin Thompson, physicist (Royal Inst of Great Britain, Woburn MA)  

1758  Johann Daniel Ferstenberg, composer was born on March - 26.  

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

1783  Johann Baptist Weigl, composer was born on March - 26.  

1794  On this day in history birth of julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld, German painter (d. 1872)  

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  On March - 26 birth of herman Haupt, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1905  

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  Earnest Angel, German statistician (Law of Angel) was born on March - 26.  

1827  Emanuel Kania, composer was born on March - 26.  

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

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

1833  Betsy Perk, [Christina E], Dutch journalist/writer/feminist was born on this day in history.  

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

1840  On March - 26 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 March - 26.  

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

1859  Nikolay Alexandrovich Sokolov, composer was born on this day in history.  

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 March - 26 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 March - 26 sancho I, King of Portugal (1185-1212), dies at 58  

1258  Floris, the Guardian, count-regent of Holland, dies on March - 26.  

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

1517  Death of Heinrich Isaac, Flemish composer on March - 26.