Page 2: Historical Events In February - 15
Thursday, 26 March 2026
1666 Antonio M Valsalva, Italian anatomist (eardrums, glottis) 

1677 King Charles II reports anti-French covenant with Netherlands. 

1680 Jan Swammerdam, Dutch entomologist (Bible of Nature), dies at 41. 

1686 Jean Baptiste Lully's opera "Armide," premieres in Paris. 

1689 German Parliament declares war on France. 

1701 Adam Drese, German composer, dies at 80 

1705 Charles A Vanloo, French painter 

1707 Claude Prosper, Paris France, novelist 

1710 Louis XV the Well-Beloved, Versailles, King of France (1715-74). 

1713 Anthony Ashley Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury, writer, dies 

1726 Abraham Clark, farmer/lawyer, signed Declaration of Independence. 

1740 Ernst Eichner, composer 

1744 Frantisek Antonin Mica, composer, dies at 49 

1745 Colley Cibbers "Papal Tyranny," premieres in London. 

1748 Jeremy Bentham, London England philosopher/originator (Utilitarian) 

1759 Friedrich A Wolfius, [Wolf], German philological (Prolegomena). 

1759 Alexander von Papenhoven, Flemish religious sculptor, dies at 89 

1760 Jean-Francois Le Sueur, composer 

1761 Carlo Cecere, composer, dies at 54 

1763 Austria, Prussia and Saxony sign Peace of Hubertusburg. 

1764 St Louis founded as a French trading post by Pierre Laclade Ligue. 

1764 Jens I Baggesen, Danish writer/linguist (Danske V'rker) 

1766 Thomas Malthus, Rookery Surrey UK, economist/demographer 

1768 inaugural mustard manufactured in America advertised, Philadelphia. 

1768 1st mustard manufactured in America advertised, Philadelphia. 

1768 Jozef B Cannaert, [Olim], Flemish lawyer 

1774 W G Frederik, prince of Orange 

1775 Angelo Braschi chosen as Pope Pius VI 

1778 Johann Gottlieb Gorner, composer, dies at 80 

1780 Carel Asser, Dutch jurist 

1780 William Blackstone, jurist, dies 

1781 G E Lessing, writer, dies at 52. 

1783 Johann Nepomuk Poissl, composer. 

1785 Claude Louis Marie Navier. 

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