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 this day in history.   

1753  Benjamin Thompson, physicist (Royal Inst of Great Britain, Woburn MA) on this day in history.   

1758  Johann Daniel Ferstenberg, composer on March - 26.   

1773  Nathaniel Bowditch, mathematician/astronomer/author (Marine Sextant) on March - 26.   

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

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 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  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  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  On this day in history 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 March - 26 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 March - 26.   

1813  Thomas West Sherman, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1879 on March - 26.   

1817  On this day in history herman Haupt, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1905   

1819  Francisco Eduardo da Costa, composer on March - 26.   

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

1821  On this day in history franz Grillparzer's "Das Goldene Vliess," premieres in Vienna   

1821  Earnest Angel, German statistician (Law of Angel) on this day in history.   

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

1827  On March - 26 emanuel Kania, composer   

1827  Ludwig van Beethoven, German composer (Appassionata), dies at 56 on this day in history.   

1830  On March - 26 the Book of Mormon is published in Palmyra, New York.   

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

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

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

1684  Johann Graf, composer was born on March - 26.   

1698  Václav Prokop DiviÅ¡, Czech theologian and natural scientist (d. 1765) was born on March - 26.   

0304  On March - 26 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 this day in history death of king Sigurd I of Norway (b. ca. 1090)   

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

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