Page 2: Historical Events In March - 26

1726  On March - 26 john Vanbrugh, Dutch/English playwright (Provoked Wife), dies at 62   

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

1753  On March - 26 benjamin Thompson, physicist (Royal Inst of Great Britain, Woburn MA)   

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

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 March - 26.   

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

1783  Johann Baptist Weigl, composer on March - 26.   

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

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

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

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

1806  On this day in history josef Slavik, composer   

1808  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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  On this day in history francisco Eduardo da Costa, composer   

1820  On this day in history jean-Etienne Despreaux, composer, dies at 71   

1821  On March - 26 franz Grillparzer's "Das Goldene Vliess," premieres in Vienna   

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

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

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 March - 26.   

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

1831  On March - 26 richard Allen, AME Church Bishop, dies at 71   

1833  On March - 26 betsy Perk, [Christina E], Dutch journalist/writer/feminist   

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1479  On March - 26 birth of vasili III, great prince of Moscow (1505-33)/son of Ivan III   

1516  Conrad Gessner, Swiss naturalist (d. 1565) was born on this day in history.   

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  On March - 26 birth of william Wollaston, Coton England, philosopher   

1671  On March - 26 birth of giacomo Cesare Predieri, composer   

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

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  Liudger, missionary/1st bishop of Munster/saint, dies at about 66 on March - 26.   

1130  On March - 26 death of king Sigurd I of Norway (b. ca. 1090)   

1212  On March - 26 sancho I, King of Portugal (1185-1212), dies at 58   

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.