Page 4: Historical Events In March - 26

1881  Thessaly is freed and becomes part of Greece again on this day in history.   

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  Louis Riel's forces defeat Canadian forces at Duck Lake, Saskatchewan on this day in history.   

1885  On this day in history eastman Film Co manufactures 1st commercial motion picture film   

1885  On March - 26 julius Harrison, composer   

1886  On this day in history the birth of Chico Marx, American actor   

1886  1st cremation in England on March - 26.   

1889  On March - 26 bernard Tancred carries bat for 26 out of 47! South Africa vs England   

1889  Johnny Briggs took 15-26 (7-17 &8-11) vs South Africa at Newlands on this day in history.   

1889  On March - 26 south Africa all out 47, then follow-on all out 43 vs England   

1889  On March - 26 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 this day in history anton Wallerstein, composer, dies at 78   

1893  On this day in history palmiro Togliatti, founder (Communist Party of Italy)   

1894  Will Wright, SF CA, actor (Living Christ Story) on March - 26.   

1895  King Alfonso plants pine sapling in Madrid, starts Spain's Arbor Day on this day in history.   

1896  On this day in history richard Flury, composer   

1896  On this day in history nanny v Hof, writer, dies   

1898  On March - 26 renzo Massarani, composer   

1899  On March - 26 james B Connant, chemist/college president (Yale)   

1900  1st edition The (Free) People (Neth, probably Amsterdam) on March - 26.   

1900  Isadore Freed, composer on this day in history.   

1900  On March - 26 isaac Mayer Wise, rabbi/found Amer Hebrew Congregations, dies at 80   

1902  Leslie Melville, economist on this day in history.   

1902  Cecil Rhodes, Prime Minister of Cape Colony (1890-96) dies at 48 on March - 26.   

1903  On March - 26 american Hotel opens in Amsterdam   

1904  On March - 26 emilio Fernandez, El Seco Mexico, director (La Choca, Flor Silvestre)   

1905  Pablo Garrido, composer on March - 26.   

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1908  The Prince Edward Island Assembly passes a law to ban all automobiles from its roads, since rescinded on this day in history.   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  Vasili III, great prince of Moscow (1505-33)/son of Ivan III was born on March - 26.   

1516  Conrad Gessner, Swiss naturalist (d. 1565) was born on March - 26.   

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  On this day in history birth of william Wollaston, Coton England, philosopher   

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

1684  Johann Graf, composer was born on March - 26.   

1698  On March - 26 birth of václav Prokop DiviÅ¡, Czech theologian and natural scientist (d. 1765)   

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 March - 26.   

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  Floris, the Guardian, count-regent of Holland, dies on March - 26.   

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

1517  Death of Heinrich Isaac, Flemish composer on this day in history.