Historical Events In March - 26

1726  John Vanbrugh, Dutch/English playwright (Provoked Wife), dies at 62 on this day in history.  

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  Johann Daniel Ferstenberg, composer on this day in history.  

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

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 March - 26.  

1783  On this day in history johann Baptist Weigl, composer  

1790  Congress passes Naturalization Act, requires 2-year residency on March - 26.  

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

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

1797  James Hutton, geologist, dies on this day in history.  

1799  Napolean captures Jaffa Palestine on this day in history.  

1804  Congress orders removal of Indians east of Mississippi to Louisiana on this day in history.  

1804  Territory of Orleans organized in Louisiana Purchase on March - 26.  

1806  On March - 26 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  Charles IV of Spain abdicates in favor of his son, Ferdinand VII on this day in history.  

1809  Gabriele Mario Piozzi, composer, dies at 68 on this day in history.  

1812  On this day in history earthquake destroys 90% of Caracas; about 20,000 die  

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

1819  Francisco Eduardo da Costa, composer on this day in history.  

1820  On March - 26 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  1st performance of Beethoven's "Missa Solemnis" on this day in history.  

1827  Emanuel Kania, composer on March - 26.  

1827  Ludwig van Beethoven, German composer (Appassionata), dies at 56 on March - 26.  

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

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

1831  On this day in history richard Allen, AME Church Bishop, dies at 71  

1833  Betsy Perk, [Christina E], Dutch journalist/writer/feminist on March - 26.  

« Previous Page | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Next Page »

1479  On this day in history birth of vasili III, great prince of Moscow (1505-33)/son of Ivan III  

1516  Conrad Gessner, Swiss naturalist (d. 1565) was born on March - 26.  

1554  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

1659  William Wollaston, Coton England, philosopher was born on this day in history.  

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

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

1698  Václav Prokop DiviÅ¡, Czech theologian and natural scientist (d. 1765) was born on this day in history.  

0304  On March - 26 death of saint Emmanuel, Christian martyr killed under Diocletian  

0752  Stephen II, Catholic Pope (3/22-26/752), dies on this day in history.  

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

1130  Death of King Sigurd I of Norway (b. ca. 1090) on March - 26.  

1212  Sancho I, King of Portugal (1185-1212), dies at 58 on this day in history.  

1258  On this day in history floris, the Guardian, count-regent of Holland, dies  

1350  Alfonso XI, King of Castile & Leon, dies on March - 26.  

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