Historical Events In March - 26

1726  On March - 26 john Vanbrugh, Dutch/English playwright (Provoked Wife), dies at 62   

1736  Georg Balthasar Schott, composer, dies at 49 on this day in history.   

1753  Benjamin Thompson, physicist (Royal Inst of Great Britain, Woburn MA) on March - 26.   

1758  On March - 26 johann Daniel Ferstenberg, composer   

1773  Nathaniel Bowditch, mathematician/astronomer/author (Marine Sextant) on March - 26.   

1780  On March - 26 the first British Sunday newspaper appears (British Gazette &Sunday Monitor)   

1780  On March - 26 1st British Sunday newspaper appears (Brit Gazette & Sunday Monitor)   

1783  On this day in history johann Baptist Weigl, composer   

1790  On this day in history congress passes Naturalization Act, requires 2-year residency   

1793  On this day in history pro-royalist uprising in Vendée region of France   

1793  On this day in history pro-royalist uprising in Vendée region of France   

1797  On March - 26 james Hutton, geologist, dies   

1799  On this day in history napolean captures Jaffa Palestine   

1804  On this day in history congress orders removal of Indians east of Mississippi to Louisiana   

1804  Territory of Orleans organized in Louisiana Purchase on this day in history.   

1806  On March - 26 josef Slavik, composer   

1808  Napoleon announces that France must guard the coast of Spain against Britain, he orders upwards of 70,000 men to cross the Spanish frontier in January, French forces occupy the fortresses of San Sebastian, Pamplona, Figuera, and Barcelona by treachery in February, and by mid-March there are nearly 100,000 French troops in Spain Their commander in chief Joachim Murat occupies Madrid and Carlos IV abdicates in favor of his son Ferdinand, 23 on March - 26.   

1808  Charles IV of Spain abdicates in favor of his son, Ferdinand VII on March - 26.   

1809  Gabriele Mario Piozzi, composer, dies at 68 on March - 26.   

1812  On this day in history earthquake destroys 90% of Caracas; about 20,000 die   

1812  In Venezuela an earthquake destroys the City of Caracas severe damage. 20,000 killed on March - 26.   

1813  On March - 26 thomas West Sherman, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1879   

1817  On March - 26 herman Haupt, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1905   

1819  Francisco Eduardo da Costa, composer on March - 26.   

1820  Jean-Etienne Despreaux, composer, dies at 71 on March - 26.   

1821  On March - 26 franz Grillparzer's "Das Goldene Vliess," premieres in Vienna   

1821  On this day in history earnest Angel, German statistician (Law of Angel)   

1824  On this day in history 1st performance of Beethoven's "Missa Solemnis"   

1827  On this day in history emanuel Kania, composer   

1827  On March - 26 ludwig van Beethoven, German composer (Appassionata), dies at 56   

1830  On March - 26 the Book of Mormon is published in Palmyra, New York.   

1830  On this day in history eliza Laurillard, Dutch vicar/poet/writer   

1831  Richard Allen, AME Church Bishop, dies at 71 on March - 26.   

1833  On March - 26 betsy Perk, [Christina E], Dutch journalist/writer/feminist   

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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 this day in history 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 March - 26.   

1671  Giacomo Cesare Predieri, composer was born on March - 26.   

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

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 this day in history.   

0809  On March - 26 liudger, missionary/1st bishop of Munster/saint, dies at about 66   

1130  On March - 26 death of king Sigurd I of Norway (b. ca. 1090)   

1212  Sancho I, King of Portugal (1185-1212), dies at 58 on this day in history.   

1258  Floris, the Guardian, count-regent of Holland, dies on this day in history.   

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

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