Historical Events In March - 26
Tuesday, 03 October 2023
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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