Historical Events In March - 26

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

1736  Georg Balthasar Schott, composer, dies at 49 on March - 26.  

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 this day in history.  

1780  On March - 26 the first British Sunday newspaper appears (British Gazette &Sunday Monitor)  

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

1783  Johann Baptist Weigl, composer on March - 26.  

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

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

1799  Napolean captures Jaffa Palestine on March - 26.  

1804  On this day in history congress orders removal of Indians east of Mississippi to Louisiana  

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

1806  On March - 26 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  On March - 26 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  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  Thomas West Sherman, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1879 on March - 26.  

1817  On March - 26 herman Haupt, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1905  

1819  On March - 26 francisco Eduardo da Costa, composer  

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

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

1827  Emanuel Kania, composer on this day in history.  

1827  Ludwig van Beethoven, German composer (Appassionata), dies at 56 on March - 26.  

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

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 March - 26.  

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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 this day in history.  

1577  Elisabeth of Nassau, daughter of Willem I & Charlotte of Bourbon was born on this day in history.  

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

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

1684  On this day in history birth of johann Graf, composer  

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

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

0752  On this day in history 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 March - 26.  

1258  On March - 26 floris, the Guardian, count-regent of Holland, dies  

1350  On March - 26 alfonso XI, King of Castile & Leon, dies  

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