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    This Is HISTORY | Birthdays

    Mar 26 1479

    Vasili III of Russia Great Prince of Moscow (1505-33) son of Ivan III (d. 1533)

    Mar 26 1516

    Conrad Gessner Swiss physician and naturalist born in Zrich Switzerland (d. 1565)

    Mar 26 1554

    Charles Duke of Mayenne French military leader born in Alenon France (d. 1611)

    Mar 26 1577

    Elisabeth of Nassau Daughter of Willem I & Charlotte of Bourbon born in Middelburg Netherlands (d. 1642)

    Mar 26 1659

    William Hyde Wollaston English chemist and physicist (famous for discovering the chemical elements palladium and rhodium) born in East Dereham Norfolk England (d. 1828)

    Mar 26 1671

    Giacomo Cesare Predieri Italian composer (d. 1753)

    Mar 26 1684

    Johann Graf German composer born in Nrnberg (d. 1750)

    Mar 26 1698

    Vclav Prokop Divi Czech theologian and natural scientist born in Helvkovice Bohemia (d. 1765)

    Mar 26 1717

    Manuel Jeronimo Romero de Avila Spanish theorist and composer born in Las Herencias Toledo Spain (d. 1779)

    Mar 26 1749

    William Blount American statesman and signer of United States Constitution born in Windsor North Carolina (d. 1800)

    Mar 26 1753

    Benjamin Thompson American physicist and inventor (Royal Institution of Great Britain) born in Woburn Massachusetts (d. 1814)

    Mar 26 1773

    Nathaniel Bowditch American mathematician astronomer and author (Marine Sextant) born in Salem Province of Massachusetts Bay (d. 1838)

    Mar 26 1783

    Johann Baptist Weigl German composer born in Hahnbach Bavaria (d. 1852)

    Mar 26 1794

    Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld German painter and designer who figured importantly in the German Nazarene movement born in Leipzig Saxony (d. 1872)

    Mar 26 1806

    Josef Slavik Czech composer born in Jince Czech Republic (d. 1833)

    Mar 26 1813

    Thomas West Sherman American Brevet Major General (Union Army) born in Newport Rhode Island (d. 1879)

    Mar 26 1817

    Herman Haupt American civil engineer and Brigadier General (Union Army) born in Philadelphia Pennsylvania (d. 1905)

    Mar 26 1819

    Francisco Eduardo da Costa Portuguese composer born in Lamego Portugal (d. 1855)

    Mar 26 1819

    Louise Otto-Peters German suffragist womens rights movement activist and author (The Wandering Star) born in Meissen Germany (d. 1895)

    Mar 26 1821

    Ernst Engel German statistician and economist (Law of Engel) born in Dresden Germany (d. 1896)

    Mar 26 1827

    Emanuel Kania Polish composer born in Uszyce Poland (d. 1887)

    Mar 26 1830

    Eliza Laurillard Dutch vicar poet and writer born in Rotterdam Netherlands (d. 1908)

    Mar 26 1830

    John Rogers Thomas American composer born in Newport Rhode Island (d. 1896)

    Mar 26 1833

    Betsy Perk [Christina Elizabeth] Dutch journalist writer and pioneer of the Dutch womens movement born in Delft Netherlands (d. 1906)

    Mar 26 1840

    Carli Zoeller German composer born in Berlin (d. 1889)

    Mar 26 1840

    George Smith English archaeologist and assyriologist (cuneiform script) born in London (d. 1876)

    Mar 26 1849

    Edwin Evans Australian cricket spin bowler (6 Tests) born in Emu Plains New South Wales (d. 1921)

    Mar 26 1850

    Edward Bellamy American author (Looking Backward) and socialist born in Chicopee Massachusetts (d. 1898)

    Mar 26 1854

    Braulio Dueno Colon Puerto Rican composer born in San Juan Puerto Rico (d. 1934)

    Mar 26 1856

    David Alfred Thomas 1st Viscount Rhondda Welsh coal-mining entrepreneur born in Ysgyborwen Wales (d. 1918)

    Mar 26 1859

    A. E. Housman English poet (A Shropshire Lad) born in Bromsgrove Worcestershire England (d. 1936)A

    Mar 26 1859

    Nikolay Alexandrovich Sokolov Russian composer born in St. Petersburg Russia (d. 1922)

    Mar 26 1859

    Adolf Hurwitz German mathematician (RiemannHurwitz formula) born in Hildesheim Germany (d. 1919)

    HISTORICAL EVENTS | ON THIS DAY

    Mar 26 1027 Pope John XIX crowns Conrad II Holy Roman Emperor founder of the Salian dynasty

    Mar 26 1147 Jewish community in Cologne fasts to commemorate anti-Jewish violence

    Mar 26 1484 William Caxton prints his translation of Aesops Fables

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