Page 2: Historical Events In March - 26

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

1736  On this day in history georg Balthasar Schott, composer, dies at 49   

1753  On this day in history benjamin Thompson, physicist (Royal Inst of Great Britain, Woburn MA)   

1758  On March - 26 johann Daniel Ferstenberg, composer   

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  On March - 26 1st British Sunday newspaper appears (Brit Gazette & Sunday Monitor)   

1783  On this day in history johann Baptist Weigl, composer   

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

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  On this day in history james Hutton, geologist, dies   

1799  Napolean captures Jaffa Palestine on this day in history.   

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  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  Gabriele Mario Piozzi, composer, dies at 68 on March - 26.   

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

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 this day in history.   

1817  Herman Haupt, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1905 on this day in history.   

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

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  1st performance of Beethoven's "Missa Solemnis" on March - 26.   

1827  On this day in history emanuel Kania, composer   

1827  On March - 26 ludwig van Beethoven, German composer (Appassionata), dies at 56   

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

1830  Eliza Laurillard, Dutch vicar/poet/writer on this day in history.   

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

1833  Betsy Perk, [Christina E], Dutch journalist/writer/feminist on this day in history.   

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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  Charles of Lorraine, Duke of Mayenne, French military leader (d. 1611) was born on this day in history.   

1577  On March - 26 birth of elisabeth of Nassau, daughter of Willem I & Charlotte of Bourbon   

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

1671  Giacomo Cesare Predieri, composer was born on March - 26.   

1684  On March - 26 birth of johann Graf, composer   

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

0304  Death of Saint Emmanuel, Christian martyr killed under Diocletian on March - 26.   

0752  On this day in history 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  Death of King Sigurd I of Norway (b. ca. 1090) on this day in history.   

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

1258  On March - 26 floris, the Guardian, count-regent of Holland, dies   

1350  On this day in history alfonso XI, King of Castile & Leon, dies   

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