Page 2: Historical Events In March - 26

1726  John Vanbrugh, Dutch/English playwright (Provoked Wife), dies at 62 on this day in history.   

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

1753  On March - 26 benjamin Thompson, physicist (Royal Inst of Great Britain, Woburn MA)   

1758  On March - 26 johann Daniel Ferstenberg, composer   

1773  On March - 26 nathaniel Bowditch, mathematician/astronomer/author (Marine Sextant)   

1780  The first British Sunday newspaper appears (British Gazette &Sunday Monitor) on this day in history.   

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

1783  On March - 26 johann Baptist Weigl, composer   

1790  Congress passes Naturalization Act, requires 2-year residency on March - 26.   

1793  On March - 26 pro-royalist uprising in Vendée region of France   

1793  Pro-royalist uprising in Vendée region of France on this day in history.   

1797  On March - 26 james Hutton, geologist, dies   

1799  Napolean captures Jaffa Palestine on this day in history.   

1804  On March - 26 congress orders removal of Indians east of Mississippi to Louisiana   

1804  Territory of Orleans organized in Louisiana Purchase on March - 26.   

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 this day in history.   

1809  On this day in history gabriele Mario Piozzi, composer, dies at 68   

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 this day in history.   

1813  Thomas West Sherman, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1879 on this day in history.   

1817  On this day in history herman Haupt, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1905   

1819  Francisco Eduardo da Costa, composer on this day in history.   

1820  Jean-Etienne Despreaux, composer, dies at 71 on this day in history.   

1821  Franz Grillparzer's "Das Goldene Vliess," premieres in Vienna on this day in history.   

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

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

1827  Emanuel Kania, composer on this day in history.   

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

1830  The Book of Mormon is published in Palmyra, New York on March - 26.   

1830  Eliza Laurillard, Dutch vicar/poet/writer on March - 26.   

1831  On March - 26 richard Allen, AME Church Bishop, dies at 71   

1833  Betsy Perk, [Christina E], Dutch journalist/writer/feminist 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 this day in history.   

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

1684  On March - 26 birth of johann Graf, composer   

1698  Václav Prokop DiviÅ¡, Czech theologian and natural scientist (d. 1765) was born on March - 26.   

0304  Death of Saint Emmanuel, Christian martyr killed under Diocletian on March - 26.   

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

0809  On this day in history 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 March - 26.   

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

1350  Alfonso XI, King of Castile & Leon, dies on this day in history.   

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