Page 4: Historical Events In March - 26

1881  On this day in history thessaly is freed and becomes part of Greece again.   

1884  On this day in history wilhelm Backhaus, Leipzig Germany, pianist (Rubinstein 1905)   

1885  On March - 26 eastman Film Co manufactures first commercial motion picture film   

1885  On this day in history louis Riel's forces defeat Canadian forces at Duck Lake, Saskatchewan   

1885  On March - 26 eastman Film Co manufactures 1st commercial motion picture film   

1885  Julius Harrison, composer on March - 26.   

1886  On March - 26 the birth of Chico Marx, American actor   

1886  On March - 26 1st cremation in England   

1889  Bernard Tancred carries bat for 26 out of 47! South Africa vs England on this day in history.   

1889  On March - 26 johnny Briggs took 15-26 (7-17 &8-11) vs South Africa at Newlands   

1889  South Africa all out 47, then follow-on all out 43 vs England on March - 26.   

1889  On this day in history bernard Tancred carries bat for 26* out of 47! S Afr v England   

1889  On March - 26 vaclav Kapral, composer   

1890  On this day in history jozef Arras, Flemish writer   

1892  On March - 26 anton Wallerstein, composer, dies at 78   

1893  Palmiro Togliatti, founder (Communist Party of Italy) on March - 26.   

1894  On this day in history will Wright, SF CA, actor (Living Christ Story)   

1895  On March - 26 king Alfonso plants pine sapling in Madrid, starts Spain's Arbor Day   

1896  Richard Flury, composer on this day in history.   

1896  On March - 26 nanny v Hof, writer, dies   

1898  On March - 26 renzo Massarani, composer   

1899  James B Connant, chemist/college president (Yale) on March - 26.   

1900  1st edition The (Free) People (Neth, probably Amsterdam) on this day in history.   

1900  On this day in history isadore Freed, composer   

1900  Isaac Mayer Wise, rabbi/found Amer Hebrew Congregations, dies at 80 on this day in history.   

1902  Leslie Melville, economist on March - 26.   

1902  On March - 26 cecil Rhodes, Prime Minister of Cape Colony (1890-96) dies at 48   

1903  American Hotel opens in Amsterdam on this day in history.   

1904  On this day in history emilio Fernandez, El Seco Mexico, director (La Choca, Flor Silvestre)   

1905  On March - 26 pablo Garrido, composer   

1907  Leigh Harline, composer on this day in history.   

1908  The Prince Edward Island Assembly passes a law to ban all automobiles from its roads, since rescinded on this day in history.   

1908  On March - 26 betty MacDonald, [Anne E Campbell Bard], US writer (Egg & I)   

1909  August Strindberg's "Bjalb-jarle-ti," premieres in Stockholm 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  On this day in history birth of conrad Gessner, Swiss naturalist (d. 1565)   

1554  Charles of Lorraine, Duke of Mayenne, French military leader (d. 1611) was born on this day in history.   

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  Giacomo Cesare Predieri, composer was born on this day in history.   

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 March - 26.   

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

0752  Stephen II, Catholic Pope (3/22-26/752), dies on March - 26.   

0809  Liudger, missionary/1st bishop of Munster/saint, dies at about 66 on this day in history.   

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

1212  On this day in history sancho I, King of Portugal (1185-1212), dies at 58   

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

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

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