Historical Events In March - 26

1837  On this day in history joseph Lincke, composer, dies at 53  

1839  On March - 26 the first Henley Royal Regatta is held  

1839  1st Henley Royal Regatta on March - 26.  

1840  Carli Zoeller, composer on this day in history.  

1845  Joseph Francis, New York NY, patents a corrugated sheet-iron lifeboat on March - 26.  

1845  On March - 26 montreal Quebec Thomas Aylwin & Dominick Daly fight a harmless duel without injuring each other; one of Canada's last duels  

1845  Patent awarded for adhesive medicated plaster, precusor of bandaid on this day in history.  

1845  Joseph Francis, NYC, patents a corrugated sheet-iron lifeboat on March - 26.  

1850  Edward Bellamy, author (Looking Backward) on this day in history.  

1852  On this day in history decree regarding streets of Paris passed  

1854  Braulio Dueno Colon, composer on this day in history.  

1856  On March - 26 new South Wales' first first-class game, vs Victoria at Melbourne; New South Wales won  

1856  On this day in history nSW's 1st 1st-class game, v Victoria at Melbourne NSW won  

1856  On this day in history david Alfred Thomas, Glamorganshire UK, 1st Viscount Rhondda  

1859  The birth of A.E Housman, English poet on March - 26.  

1859  1st sighting of Vulcan, a planet thought to orbit inside Mercury on this day in history.  

1859  A[lfred] E[dward] Housman, England, poet (Shropshire Lad) on March - 26.  

1862  Battle of La Glorieta Pass New Mexico Territory (Apache Canyon, Pigeon's Ranch) on this day in history.  

1862  Battle of La Glorieta Pass, NM Terr (Apache Canyon, Pigeon's Ranch) on March - 26.  

1862  On this day in history george William Louis Marshall-Hall, composer  

1863  Voters in West Virginia approve gradual emancipation of slaves on March - 26.  

1865  Thomas Hancock, pioneer of rubber industry (Stoke Newington), dies on this day in history.  

1868  On March - 26 fuad I, king of Egypt (1922-36)  

1871  On this day in history paris Commune founded  

1872  7.8 earthquake shakes Owens Valley, California on March - 26.  

1872  On March - 26 the Owens Valley, California area is rattled by a 7.8 earthquake one of the largest in the United States  

1872  On March - 26 thomas J Martin patents fire extinguisher  

1873  On this day in history [Louise] Sophie de Vries, actress (On Hope of Blessing)  

1874  On March - 26 gerald du Maurier, London Engld, actor (Power, Escape, Masks & Faces)  

1875  Syngman Rhee, pres of South Korea (1948-60) [or Apr 26] on March - 26.  

1878  Hastings College of Law founded on March - 26.  

1878  On this day in history sabi Game Reserve, world's first official designated game reserve, opens  

1880  Duncan Hines, US, restaurant guide writer (Out of Kentucky Kitchens) on this day in history.  

1880  On March - 26 mariano Soriano Fuertes y Piqueras, composer, dies at 62  

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

1516  On March - 26 birth of conrad Gessner, Swiss naturalist (d. 1565)  

1554  On this day in history 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 this day in history birth of giacomo Cesare Predieri, composer  

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

1698  On this day in history birth of václav Prokop Diviš, 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  Liudger, missionary/1st bishop of Munster/saint, dies at about 66 on this day in history.  

1130  On this day in history 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 March - 26.  

1517  On March - 26 death of heinrich Isaac, Flemish composer