Page 2: Historical Events In March - 26

1726  On March - 26 john Vanbrugh, Dutch/English playwright (Provoked Wife), dies at 62   

1736  Georg Balthasar Schott, composer, dies at 49 on this day in history.   

1753  On March - 26 benjamin Thompson, physicist (Royal Inst of Great Britain, Woburn MA)   

1758  Johann Daniel Ferstenberg, composer on March - 26.   

1773  Nathaniel Bowditch, mathematician/astronomer/author (Marine Sextant) on this day in history.   

1780  The first British Sunday newspaper appears (British Gazette &Sunday Monitor) on March - 26.   

1780  1st British Sunday newspaper appears (Brit Gazette & Sunday Monitor) on this day in history.   

1783  Johann Baptist Weigl, composer on March - 26.   

1790  On this day in history congress passes Naturalization Act, requires 2-year residency   

1793  On this day in history pro-royalist uprising in Vendée region of France   

1793  Pro-royalist uprising in Vendée region of France on March - 26.   

1797  James Hutton, geologist, dies on this day in history.   

1799  On March - 26 napolean captures Jaffa Palestine   

1804  Congress orders removal of Indians east of Mississippi to Louisiana on this day in history.   

1804  Territory of Orleans organized in Louisiana Purchase on this day in history.   

1806  On March - 26 josef Slavik, composer   

1808  On this day in history napoleon announces that France must guard the coast of Spain against Britain, he orders upwards of 70,000 men to cross the Spanish frontier in January, French forces occupy the fortresses of San Sebastian, Pamplona, Figuera, and Barcelona by treachery in February, and by mid-March there are nearly 100,000 French troops in Spain Their commander in chief Joachim Murat occupies Madrid and Carlos IV abdicates in favor of his son Ferdinand, 23   

1808  Charles IV of Spain abdicates in favor of his son, Ferdinand VII on this day in history.   

1809  Gabriele Mario Piozzi, composer, dies at 68 on March - 26.   

1812  Earthquake destroys 90% of Caracas; about 20,000 die on March - 26.   

1812  On this day in history in Venezuela an earthquake destroys the City of Caracas severe damage. 20,000 killed.   

1813  On this day in history thomas West Sherman, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1879   

1817  On this day in history herman Haupt, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1905   

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

1820  Jean-Etienne Despreaux, composer, dies at 71 on this day in history.   

1821  Franz Grillparzer's "Das Goldene Vliess," premieres in Vienna on March - 26.   

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

1824  On this day in history 1st performance of Beethoven's "Missa Solemnis"   

1827  Emanuel Kania, composer on March - 26.   

1827  On this day in history ludwig van Beethoven, German composer (Appassionata), dies at 56   

1830  On this day in history the Book of Mormon is published in Palmyra, New York.   

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

1831  Richard Allen, AME Church Bishop, dies at 71 on March - 26.   

1833  Betsy Perk, [Christina E], Dutch journalist/writer/feminist on March - 26.   

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1479  On March - 26 birth of vasili III, great prince of Moscow (1505-33)/son of Ivan III   

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 March - 26 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 this day in history.   

1684  On March - 26 birth of johann Graf, composer   

1698  On March - 26 birth of václav Prokop DiviÅ¡, Czech theologian and natural scientist (d. 1765)   

0304  Death of Saint Emmanuel, Christian martyr killed under Diocletian on March - 26.   

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

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

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