Page 2: Historical Events In March - 26

1726  John Vanbrugh, Dutch/English playwright (Provoked Wife), dies at 62 on March - 26.   

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

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 this day in history.   

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

1783  On this day in history johann Baptist Weigl, composer   

1790  On March - 26 congress passes Naturalization Act, requires 2-year residency   

1793  Pro-royalist uprising in Vendée region of France on this day in history.   

1793  Pro-royalist uprising in Vendée region of France on this day in history.   

1797  James Hutton, geologist, dies on March - 26.   

1799  On this day in history napolean captures Jaffa Palestine   

1804  On March - 26 congress orders removal of Indians east of Mississippi to Louisiana   

1804  On March - 26 territory of Orleans organized in Louisiana Purchase   

1806  On this day in history josef Slavik, composer   

1808  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 on March - 26.   

1808  On March - 26 charles IV of Spain abdicates in favor of his son, Ferdinand VII.   

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

1812  Earthquake destroys 90% of Caracas; about 20,000 die on this day in history.   

1812  On March - 26 in Venezuela an earthquake destroys the City of Caracas severe damage. 20,000 killed.   

1813  Thomas West Sherman, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1879 on this day in history.   

1817  On March - 26 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  On this day in history franz Grillparzer's "Das Goldene Vliess," premieres in Vienna   

1821  Earnest Angel, German statistician (Law of Angel) on this day in history.   

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

1827  On this day in history emanuel Kania, composer   

1827  Ludwig van Beethoven, German composer (Appassionata), dies at 56 on this day in history.   

1830  The Book of Mormon is published in Palmyra, New York on March - 26.   

1830  On this day in history eliza Laurillard, Dutch vicar/poet/writer   

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  Vasili III, great prince of Moscow (1505-33)/son of Ivan III was born on this day in history.   

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 March - 26.   

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  On March - 26 birth of giacomo Cesare Predieri, composer   

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

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

0304  On March - 26 death of saint Emmanuel, Christian martyr killed under Diocletian   

0752  Stephen II, Catholic Pope (3/22-26/752), dies on March - 26.   

0809  Liudger, missionary/1st bishop of Munster/saint, dies at about 66 on this day in history.   

1130  Death of King Sigurd I of Norway (b. ca. 1090) on this day in history.   

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  Alfonso XI, King of Castile & Leon, dies on March - 26.   

1517  On March - 26 death of heinrich Isaac, Flemish composer