Famous Birthdays In March - 26

1479  On this day in history birth of vasili III, great prince of Moscow (1505-33)/son of Ivan III   

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 this day in history.   

1659  William Wollaston, Coton England, philosopher was born on March - 26.   

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

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

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  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  On March - 26 birth of johann Daniel Ferstenberg, composer   

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

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

1794  Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld, German painter (d. 1872) was born on this day in history.   

1806  On March - 26 birth of josef Slavik, composer   

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

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

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

1830  John Rogers Thomas, composer was born on March - 26.   

1833  On this day in history birth of betsy Perk, [Christina E], Dutch journalist/writer/feminist   

1840  On March - 26 birth of carli Zoeller, composer   

1840  On this day in history 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  On March - 26 birth of david Alfred Thomas, Glamorganshire UK, 1st Viscount Rhondda   

1859  A[lfred] E[dward] Housman, England, poet (Shropshire Lad) was born on this day in history.   

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

1859  On March - 26 birth of adolf Hurwitz, German mathematician (d. 1919)   

1862  George William Louis Marshall-Hall, composer was born on March - 26.   

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0304  On this day in history 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 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  Sancho I, King of Portugal (1185-1212), dies at 58 on March - 26.   

1258  Floris, the Guardian, count-regent of Holland, dies on this day in history.   

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.