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 March - 26.   

1758  Johann Daniel Ferstenberg, composer on this day in history.   

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

1783  On March - 26 johann Baptist Weigl, composer   

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  On March - 26 james Hutton, geologist, dies   

1799  Napolean captures Jaffa Palestine on March - 26.   

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  Josef Slavik, composer on March - 26.   

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 this day in history charles IV of Spain abdicates in favor of his son, Ferdinand VII.   

1809  On this day in history gabriele Mario Piozzi, composer, dies at 68   

1812  On this day in history earthquake destroys 90% of Caracas; about 20,000 die   

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  Herman Haupt, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1905 on this day in history.   

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

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

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

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

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

1827  On this day in history emanuel Kania, composer   

1827  On March - 26 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  On this day in history eliza Laurillard, Dutch vicar/poet/writer   

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  Vasili III, great prince of Moscow (1505-33)/son of Ivan III was born on March - 26.   

1516  On this day in history birth of conrad Gessner, Swiss naturalist (d. 1565)   

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

1577  Elisabeth of Nassau, daughter of Willem I & Charlotte of Bourbon was born on March - 26.   

1659  William Wollaston, Coton England, philosopher was born on this day in history.   

1671  Giacomo Cesare Predieri, composer was born on March - 26.   

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  On this day in history death of saint Emmanuel, Christian martyr killed under Diocletian   

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

1212  On this day in history sancho I, King of Portugal (1185-1212), dies at 58   

1258  Floris, the Guardian, count-regent of Holland, dies on March - 26.   

1350  Alfonso XI, King of Castile & Leon, dies on March - 26.   

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