Page 2: Historical Events In March - 26

1726  On this day in history john Vanbrugh, Dutch/English playwright (Provoked Wife), dies at 62   

1736  On this day in history georg Balthasar Schott, composer, dies at 49   

1753  Benjamin Thompson, physicist (Royal Inst of Great Britain, Woburn MA) on this day in history.   

1758  Johann Daniel Ferstenberg, composer on March - 26.   

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

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

1780  On March - 26 1st British Sunday newspaper appears (Brit Gazette & Sunday Monitor)   

1783  On this day in history johann Baptist Weigl, composer   

1790  Congress passes Naturalization Act, requires 2-year residency on this day in history.   

1793  On March - 26 pro-royalist uprising in Vendée region of France   

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

1797  On this day in history james Hutton, geologist, dies   

1799  Napolean captures Jaffa Palestine on this day in history.   

1804  Congress orders removal of Indians east of Mississippi to Louisiana on March - 26.   

1804  On this day in history territory of Orleans organized in Louisiana Purchase   

1806  On this day in history josef Slavik, composer   

1808  On March - 26 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  In Venezuela an earthquake destroys the City of Caracas severe damage. 20,000 killed on March - 26.   

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

1817  Herman Haupt, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1905 on March - 26.   

1819  On this day in history francisco Eduardo da Costa, composer   

1820  Jean-Etienne Despreaux, composer, dies at 71 on March - 26.   

1821  On this day in history franz Grillparzer's "Das Goldene Vliess," premieres in Vienna   

1821  Earnest Angel, German statistician (Law of Angel) on March - 26.   

1824  1st performance of Beethoven's "Missa Solemnis" on March - 26.   

1827  On this day in history emanuel Kania, composer   

1827  On March - 26 ludwig van Beethoven, German composer (Appassionata), dies at 56   

1830  The Book of Mormon is published in Palmyra, New York on this day in history.   

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

1831  Richard Allen, AME Church Bishop, dies at 71 on this day in history.   

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

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

1516  Conrad Gessner, Swiss naturalist (d. 1565) was born on March - 26.   

1554  On March - 26 birth of charles of Lorraine, Duke of Mayenne, French military leader (d. 1611)   

1577  On March - 26 birth of elisabeth of Nassau, daughter of Willem I & Charlotte of Bourbon   

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

1671  On this day in history birth of giacomo Cesare Predieri, composer   

1684  Johann Graf, composer was born on this day in history.   

1698  On this day in history 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  Liudger, missionary/1st bishop of Munster/saint, dies at about 66 on March - 26.   

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 this day in history.   

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

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

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