Page 3: Historical Events In March - 26
Sunday, 03 May 2026
1840 Carli Zoeller, composer 

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

1845 Montreal Quebec Thomas Aylwin and 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 

1845 Joseph Francis, NYC, patents a corrugated sheet-iron lifeboat 

1850 Edward Bellamy, author (Looking Backward). 

1852 Decree regarding streets of Paris passed 

1854 Braulio Dueno Colon, composer 

1856 New South Wales' inaugural inaugural-class game, vs Victoria at Melbourne; New South Wales won 

1856 NSW's 1st 1st-class game, v Victoria at Melbourne NSW won 

1856 David Alfred Thomas, Glamorganshire UK, 1st Viscount Rhondda. 

1859 A.E Housman, English poet is born. 

1859 1st sighting of Vulcan, a planet thought to orbit inside Mercury 

1859 A[lfred] E[dward] Housman, England, poet (Shropshire Lad) 

1862 Battle of La Glorieta Pass New Mexico Territory (Apache Canyon, Pigeon's Ranch) 

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

1862 George William Louis Marshall-Hall, composer 

1863 Voters in West Virginia approve gradual emancipation of slaves. 

1865 Thomas Hancock, pioneer of rubber industry (Stoke Newington), dies 

1868 Fuad I, king of Egypt (1922-36). 

1871 Paris Commune founded. 

1872 7.8 earthquake shakes Owens Valley, California 

1872 The Owens Valley, California area is rattled by a 7.8 earthquake one of the largest in the United States. 

1872 Thomas J Martin patents fire extinguisher. 

1873 [Louise] Sophie de Vries, actress (On Hope of Blessing) 

1874 Gerald du Maurier, London Engld, actor (Power, Escape, Masks and Faces). 

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

1878 Hastings College of Law founded. 

1878 Sabi Game Reserve, world's inaugural official designated game reserve, opens 

1880 Duncan Hines, US, restaurant guide writer (Out of Kentucky Kitchens) 

1880 Mariano Soriano Fuertes y Piqueras, composer, dies at 62 

1881 Thessaly is freed and is recorded as becoming part of Greece again 

1884 Wilhelm Backhaus, Leipzig Germany, pianist (Rubinstein 1905) 

1885 Eastman Film Co manufactures inaugural commercial motion picture film. 

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