Page 3: Historical Events In March - 26

1837  On March - 26 joseph Lincke, composer, dies at 53   

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

1839  On this day in history 1st Henley Royal Regatta   

1840  On this day in history carli Zoeller, composer   

1845  On March - 26 joseph Francis, New York NY, patents a corrugated sheet-iron lifeboat   

1845  On this day in history montreal Quebec Thomas Aylwin & Dominick Daly fight a harmless duel without injuring each other; one of Canada's last duels   

1845  On March - 26 patent awarded for adhesive medicated plaster, precusor of bandaid   

1845  On March - 26 joseph Francis, NYC, patents a corrugated sheet-iron lifeboat   

1850  On this day in history edward Bellamy, author (Looking Backward)   

1852  Decree regarding streets of Paris passed on this day in history.   

1854  On March - 26 braulio Dueno Colon, composer   

1856  On this day in history new South Wales' first first-class game, vs Victoria at Melbourne; New South Wales won   

1856  NSW's 1st 1st-class game, v Victoria at Melbourne NSW won on March - 26.   

1856  David Alfred Thomas, Glamorganshire UK, 1st Viscount Rhondda on this day in history.   

1859  On March - 26 the birth of A.E Housman, English poet   

1859  1st sighting of Vulcan, a planet thought to orbit inside Mercury on March - 26.   

1859  On March - 26 a[lfred] E[dward] Housman, England, poet (Shropshire Lad)   

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

1862  On this day in history battle of La Glorieta Pass, NM Terr (Apache Canyon, Pigeon's Ranch)   

1862  On March - 26 george William Louis Marshall-Hall, composer   

1863  On this day in history voters in West Virginia approve gradual emancipation of slaves   

1865  Thomas Hancock, pioneer of rubber industry (Stoke Newington), dies on March - 26.   

1868  Fuad I, king of Egypt (1922-36) on this day in history.   

1871  Paris Commune founded on this day in history.   

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

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

1872  Thomas J Martin patents fire extinguisher on March - 26.   

1873  On March - 26 [Louise] Sophie de Vries, actress (On Hope of Blessing)   

1874  Gerald du Maurier, London Engld, actor (Power, Escape, Masks & Faces) on this day in history.   

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

1878  Hastings College of Law founded on this day in history.   

1878  Sabi Game Reserve, world's first official designated game reserve, opens on this day in history.   

1880  On March - 26 duncan Hines, US, restaurant guide writer (Out of Kentucky Kitchens)   

1880  On this day in history mariano Soriano Fuertes y Piqueras, composer, dies at 62   

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1479  Vasili III, great prince of Moscow (1505-33)/son of Ivan III was born on March - 26.   

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

1554  On March - 26 birth of charles of Lorraine, Duke of Mayenne, French military leader (d. 1611)   

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 this day in history.   

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

1684  On March - 26 birth of johann Graf, composer   

1698  On this day in history birth of václav Prokop DiviÅ¡, Czech theologian and natural scientist (d. 1765)   

0304  On this day in history death of saint Emmanuel, Christian martyr killed under Diocletian   

0752  On March - 26 stephen II, Catholic Pope (3/22-26/752), dies   

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 this day in history.   

1212  Sancho I, King of Portugal (1185-1212), dies at 58 on March - 26.   

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

1350  On March - 26 alfonso XI, King of Castile & Leon, dies   

1517  On this day in history death of heinrich Isaac, Flemish composer