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 this day in history.  

1758  On this day in history johann Daniel Ferstenberg, composer  

1773  On this day in history nathaniel Bowditch, mathematician/astronomer/author (Marine Sextant)  

1780  On this day in history the first British Sunday newspaper appears (British Gazette &Sunday Monitor)  

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

1783  On this day in history johann Baptist Weigl, composer  

1790  Congress passes Naturalization Act, requires 2-year residency on this day in history.  

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

1793  On March - 26 pro-royalist uprising in Vendée region of France  

1797  On March - 26 james Hutton, geologist, dies  

1799  On this day in history napolean captures Jaffa Palestine  

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 March - 26.  

1806  Josef Slavik, composer on this day in history.  

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

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  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 March - 26.  

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

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

1821  On this day in history earnest Angel, German statistician (Law of Angel)  

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

1827  On March - 26 emanuel Kania, composer  

1827  On this day in history ludwig van Beethoven, German composer (Appassionata), dies at 56  

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

1830  Eliza Laurillard, Dutch vicar/poet/writer on March - 26.  

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

1554  Charles of Lorraine, Duke of Mayenne, French military leader (d. 1611) was born on March - 26.  

1577  On this day in history birth of elisabeth of Nassau, daughter of Willem I & Charlotte of Bourbon  

1659  On this day in history birth of william Wollaston, Coton England, philosopher  

1671  On this day in history birth of giacomo Cesare Predieri, composer  

1684  Johann Graf, composer was born on this day in history.  

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

0304  Death of Saint Emmanuel, Christian martyr killed under Diocletian on this day in history.  

0752  On this day in history stephen II, Catholic Pope (3/22-26/752), dies  

0809  On this day in history liudger, missionary/1st bishop of Munster/saint, dies at about 66  

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

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 this day in history.  

1350  Alfonso XI, King of Castile & Leon, dies on this day in history.  

1517  Death of Heinrich Isaac, Flemish composer on March - 26.