Hisdates•ComPage 2: Historical Events In March - 26
Tuesday, 08 July 2025
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 this day in history.
1753 Benjamin Thompson, physicist (Royal Inst of Great Britain, Woburn MA) on March - 26.
1758 On this day in history johann Daniel Ferstenberg, composer
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 this day in history.
1780 On March - 26 1st British Sunday newspaper appears (Brit Gazette & Sunday Monitor)
1783 On March - 26 johann Baptist Weigl, composer
1790 Congress passes Naturalization Act, requires 2-year residency on March - 26.
1793 Pro-royalist uprising in Vendée region of France on March - 26.
1793 On this day in history pro-royalist uprising in Vendée region of France
1797 James Hutton, geologist, dies on March - 26.
1799 Napolean captures Jaffa Palestine on this day in history.
1804 On March - 26 congress orders removal of Indians east of Mississippi to Louisiana
1804 Territory of Orleans organized in Louisiana Purchase on this day in history.
1806 Josef Slavik, composer on March - 26.
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 Gabriele Mario Piozzi, composer, dies at 68 on this day in history.
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 this day in history.
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 Francisco Eduardo da Costa, composer on March - 26.
1820 Jean-Etienne Despreaux, composer, dies at 71 on March - 26.
1821 On March - 26 franz Grillparzer's "Das Goldene Vliess," premieres in Vienna
1821 On March - 26 earnest Angel, German statistician (Law of Angel)
1824 On March - 26 1st performance of Beethoven's "Missa Solemnis"
1827 Emanuel Kania, composer on this day in history.
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 March - 26.
1830 Eliza Laurillard, Dutch vicar/poet/writer on March - 26.
1831 Richard Allen, AME Church Bishop, dies at 71 on March - 26.
1833 On March - 26 betsy Perk, [Christina E], Dutch journalist/writer/feminist
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