Events on Mar 26
- 1027John XIX crowns Conrad II the Salier Roman German Emperor
- 1147Jewish community in Cologne fast to commemorate anti-Jewish violence
- 1150Tichborne family of Hampshire England started tradition of giving a Gallon of flour to each resident to keep deathbed promise
- 1526King Francois I returns Spanish captivity to France
- 1636University of Utrecht opening ceremony
- 1668England takes control of Bombay India
- 1692King Maximilian installed as land guardian of South Netherlands
- 17801st British Sunday newspaper appears (Brit Gazette & Sunday Monitor)
- 1790Congress passes Naturalization Act, requires 2-year residency
- 1804Congress orders removal of Indians east of Mississippi to Louisiana
- 1804Territory of Orleans organizes in Louisiana Purchase
- 1812Earthquake destroys 90% of Caracas; about 20,000 die
- 18391st Henley Royal Regatta
- 1845Joseph Francis, NYC, patents a corrugated sheet-iron lifeboat
- 1845Patent awarded for adhesive medicated plaster, precusor of bandaid
- 1856New South Wales 1st 1st-class game, vs. Victoria at Melbourne NSW won
- 18591st sighting of Vulcan, a planet thought to orbit inside Mercury
- 1863Voters in West Virginia approve gradual emancipation of slaves
- 1871Paris Commune founded
- 18727.8 earthquake shakes Owens Valley, California
- 1872Thomas J Martin patents fire extinguisher
- 1878Hastings College of Law founded
- 1885Eastman Film Co manufactures 1st commercial motion picture film
- 18861st cremation in England
- 1889Johnny Briggs took 15-26 (7-17 & 8-11) vs. South Africa at Newlands
- 1889South Africa all out 47, then follow-on all out 43 vs. England
- 19001st edition The (Free) People (Neth, probably Amsterdam)
- 1903American Hotel opens in Amsterdam
- 1910US forbid immigration to criminals, anarchists, paupers and the sick
- 1910William H Lewis appointed Assistant Attorney General of US
Born on Mar 26
- 1479Vasili III: Great Prince of Moscow (1505-33) / Son of Ivan III
- 1577Elisabeth of Nassau: Daughter of Willem I and Charlotte of Bourbon
- 1659William Wollaston: Coton, England -- Philosopher
- 1671Giacomo Cesare Predieri: Composer
- 1684Johann Graf: Composer
- 1717Manuel Jeronimo Romero de Avila: Composer
- 1753Benjamin Thompson: Physicist (Royal Institution of Great Britain, Woburn MA)
- 1758Johann Daniel Ferstenberg: Composer
- 1773Nathaniel Bowditch: Mathematician / astronomer / author (Marine Sextant)
- 1783Johann Baptist Weigl: Composer
- 1806Josef Slavik: Composer
- 1813Thomas West Sherman: Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1879
- 1817Herman Haupt: Brigadier General (Union volunteers), died in 1905
- 1819Francisco Eduardo da Costa: Composer
- 1819Louise Otto: Germany -- Author / feminist
- 1821Earnest Angel: German statistician (Law of Angel)
- 1827Emanuel Kania: Composer
- 1830Eliza Laurillard: Dutch vicar / poet / writer
- 1830John Rogers Thomas: Composer
- 1833Betsy Perk [Christina E]: Dutch journalist / writer / feminist
- 1840Carli Zoeller: Composer
- 1840George Smith: London, England -- Assyriologist (cuneiform (script))
- 1850Edward Bellamy: Author (Looking Backward)
- 1854Braulio Dueno Colon: Composer
- 1856David Alfred Thomas: Glamorganshire, United Kingdom -- 1st Viscount Rhondda
- 1859Nikolay Alexandrovich Sokolov: Composer
- 1862George William Louis Marshall-Hall: Composer
- 1868Fuad I: King of Egypt (1922-36)
- 1873[Louise] Sophie de Vries: Actress (On Hope of Blessing)
- 1874Gerald du Maurier: London, England -- Actor (Power, Escape, Masks & Faces)
Died on Mar 26
- 1258Floris [the Guardian]: Count-regent of Holland
- 1566Antonio de Cabezon: Composer
- 1638Palamedes "Stevens" Palamedesz: Painter, dies at about 30
- 1657Jacob van Eyck: Dutch blind flautist / carillonneur, dies at 69
- 1713Pal Esterhazy: Composer, dies at 77
- 1726John Vanbrugh: Dutch / English playwright (Provoked Wife), dies at 62
- 1736Georg Balthasar Schott: Composer, dies at 49
- 1797James Hutton: Geologist
- 1809Gabriele Mario Piozzi: Composer, dies at 68
- 1820Jean-Etienne Despreaux: Composer, dies at 71
- 1827Ludwig van Beethoven: German Composer (Appassionata), dies at 56
- 1831Richard Allen: AME Church Bishop, dies at 71
- 1837Joseph Lincke: Composer, dies at 53
- 1865Thomas Hancock: Pioneer of rubber industry (Stoke Newington)
- 1880Mariano Soriano Fuertes y Piqueras: Composer, dies at 62
- 1892Anton Wallerstein: Composer, dies at 78
- 1892Walt Whitman: Poet, dies in Camden, New Jersey at 72
- 1896Nanny v Hof: Writer
- 1900Isaac Mayer Wise: Rabbi / founder American Hebrew Congregations, dies at 80
- 1902Cecil Rhodes: Prime Minister of Cape Colony (1890-96) dies at 48
- 1909Nikolai Arkas: Composer, dies at 56
- 1923Sarah Bernhardt [Henriette]: Actress (Qn Elizabeth), dies at 77
- 1924Augusto de Oliviera Machado: Composer, dies at 78
- 1926Georges Vezina: NHL Hall of Fame goalie (Canadiens)
- 1926Konstantin Fehrenbach: German reichs chancellor (1920-21), dies at 74
- 1932Jean Cartan: Composer, dies at 25
- 1934Grete Gulbransson: Writer, dies at 51
- 1945David Lloyd George: British (L) Premier (1916-22), dies at 82
- 1945Isaack Stouten: Resistance fighter, shot to death at 29
- 1948Helen Ernst: German poster artist / resistance fighter, dies at about 43
Historical events on March 27
- 1513Spaniard Juan Ponce de Leon discovers Florida
- 1599Robert Devereux becomes Lieutenant General of Ireland
- 1625Charles I, King Of England, Scotland and Ireland, ascends English throne
- 1668English King Charles II gives Bombay to East India Company
- 1708English pretender to the throne James III flees to Dunkerk
- 1709Dike at Hardinxveld breaks (Alblasserwaard flooded)
- 1713Spain losses Menorca and Gibraltar
- 1721France and Spain sign Treaty of Madrid
- 1758Battle at Emmerich: British army floats around France the Rhine
- 1790The shoelace invented
- 1794US Navy forms
- 1802Treaty of Amiens-French Revolutionary War ends
- 1814Battle at Horseshoe Bend: General Andrew Jackson beats Creek-indians
- 18361st Mormon temple dedicated (Kirtland Ohio)
- 18411st US steam fire engine tested, New York City
- 1848John Parker Paynard originates medicated adhesive plaster
- 1849Joseph Couch patents steam-powered percussion rock drill
- 1855Abraham Gesner patents kerosene
- 1861Black demonstrators in Charleston staged ride-ins on street cars
- 1863President Davis calls for this to be a day of fasting and prayer
- 1865Siege of Spanish Fort, AL-captured by Federals
- 1866Andrew Rankin patents the urinal
- 1866President Johnson vetoes civil rights bill; it later becomes 14th amend
- 18711st international rugby game-Scotland 1, England 0
- 1879Longest championship fight (136 rounds)
- 18841st long-distance telephone call, Boston-NY
- 19121st Japanese cherry blossom trees planted in Washington DC
- 19141st successful blood transfusion (in Brussels)
- 1920Film stars Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks wed
- 1924Canada recognizes USSR
Born on March 27
- 1416Antonio Squarcialupi: Composer
- 1554Everhardus van Bronchorst: Dutch lawyer
- 1665Benjamin Neukirch: German poet (Herrn von Hofmannswaldau)
- 1702Johann Ernst Eberlin: Composer
- 1746Augustin Ullinger: Composer
- 1746Carlo Bonaparte: Corsican attorney / father of Emperor Napoleon
- 1757Richard John Samuel Stevens: Composer
- 1760Ishmail Spicer: Composer
- 1760MJ Auguste Vestrius: French ballet dancers
- 1765Franz Xaver von Baader: German philosopher / theologist
- 1772Giovanni Liverati: Composer
- 1780August L Crelle: German inventor / mathematician (1st Prussian Railway)
- 1785Louis XVII Charles: King of France (1793-95)
- 1809Georges Eugene Haussmann: Paris, France -- Architect
- 1810A Glabbrenner: Writer
- 1813Nathaniel Currier: Lithographer (Currier & Ives)
- 1816George Elvey: Composer
- 1818Jakob Axel Josephson: Composer
- 1823Samuel Kosciusko Zook: Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)
- 1844Alophus Washington Greely: United States -- Arctic explorer
- 1847Otto Wallach: Germany -- Chemist (Nobel 1910)
- 1851Ruperto Chapi y Lorente: Composer
- 1857Karl Pearson: London, England -- Mathematician
- 1857Pearson: Mathematician
- 1858Peter Christian Lutkin: Composer
- 1867Edyth Walker: US singer
- 1871Heinrich Mann: Germany -- Novelist / essayist (Blue Angel); bros of Thomas
- 1871Petrus J M Aalberse: Dutch Minister of Labor (1918-25)
- 1879Edward Steichen: Pioneered American photography
- 1883Jan Kunc: Composer
Died on March 27
- 0922Al-Hallaj al-Mughith-al-Hsayn Mansur: Persian mystic, beheaded at 64
- 0965Arnulf I [the Elder / the Great]: Count of Flanders (918-65)
- 1378Gregory XI [Pierre R the Beaufort]: Last French Pope (1370-78)
- 1472Janus Pannonius: Hungarian Poet / translator, dies at 37
- 1482Maria: Duchess of Burgundy / Countess of Holland, dies at 25
- 1625James I Stuart: King of Scotland (1567) / England (1603-25), dies at 58
- 1668Clemens Thieme: Composer, dies at 36
- 1679Abraham Mignon: Dutch still life painter, dies at 38
- 1701Anne Hilarion de Cotentin: Count of Tourville / Fr Admiral, dies at 58
- 1714Anton Ulrich: German Duke of Brunswick / poet, dies at 80
- 1761Johann Ludwig Steiner: Composer, dies at 72
- 1769Josef Antonin Gurecky: Composer, dies at 60
- 1770Giovanni B Tiepolo: Italian Painter (Banquet of Cleopatra), dies at 73
- 1809Joseph M Vien: French (court)painter / etcher, dies at 92
- 1826Jakob Haibel: Composer, dies at 63
- 1850Wilhelm Bear: German banker / astronomer (Moon Map), dies at 53
- 1878Dobri Voynikov: Composer, dies at 44
- 1878George Gilbert Scott: Architect
- 1889Moritz Furstenau: Composer, dies at 64
- 1894Verney L Cameron: English explorer (Tanganyika), dies at 49
- 1898Sajjid Ahmad Chan: Co founder (Pakistan), dies at 80
- 1900Pieter J Joubert [Smart Piet]: South African General, dies at 69
- 1910Alexander E Agassiz: US businessman / biologist / geologist, dies at 74
- 1910David Duffle Wood: Composer, dies at 72
- 1920Johan G Danser: Dutch Poet (Meetings), dies at 26
- 1922Nikolay Alexandrovich Sokolov: Composer, dies at 63
- 1924Walter Parratt: Composer, dies at 83
- 1925Carl G Neumann: German Mathematician / physicist, dies at 92
- 1928Leslie Stuart: Composer, dies at 64
- 1929Shatunovsky: Mathematician
Events on Mar 28
- 1535Bloemkamp Abbey (Oldeklooster) attacked and destroyed
- 1556Origin of Fasli Era (India)
- 1774Britain passes Coercive Act against Massachusetts
- 1794Louvre opens to the public (although officially opened since August)
- 1796Bethel African Methodist Church of Philadelphia is 1st US-African church
- 1797Nathaniel Briggs of NH patents a washing machine
- 1799New York State abolished slavery
- 1804Ohio passed law restricting movement of Blacks, 1804
- 1834Senate censure President Jackson for taking Federal deposits from Bank of US
- 1845Mexico drops diplomatic relations with US
- 1849Dutch Princess Marianne and Prince Albert of Prussia separate
- 1854During the Crimean War, Britain and France declare war on Russia
- 1862Skirmish at Bealeton Station, Virginia
- 18661st ambulance goes into service
- 1871San Francisco Art Association holds open reception at 430 Pine
- 1881Greatest Show On Earth was formed by PT Barnum and James A Bailey
- 1885US Salvation Army officially organized
- 18911st world weightlifting championship held
- 1896The opera "Andrea Chenier" is produced (Milan)
- 190227.9 cm precipitation at McMinnville, Tennessee (state record)
- 1905Paramaribo-Dam railway opens in Suriname, never used
- 19101st seaplane, takes off from water at Martinques France (Henri Fabre)
- 1917Jews are expelled from Tel Aviv and Jaffa by Turkish authorities
- 1920Actor Douglas Fairbanks marries actress Mary Pickford
- 1920Thomas Masaryk elected President of Czechoslovakia
- 19221st microfilm device introduced
- 1922Stanley Cup: Toronto St. Pats (NHL) beat Vancouver Millionaires (PCHA), 3 games to 2
- 1924WGN-AM in Chicago IL begins radio transmissions
- 1927Majestic Theater opens at 245 W 44th St, New York City
- 1929Democratic constitution goes into effect in Ecuador
Born on Mar 28
- 1468Charles I: Duke of Savoy
- 1472Fra Bartolomeo: Monk, Florentine Renaissance painter
- 1483Raphael: Urbino, Italy -- Painter (School of Athens)
- 1515Theresa of Avila / Teresa de Jesus: Spanish mystic writer / Saint
- 1615Pieter de Groot: Dutch regent / diplomat
- 1621Heinrich Schwemmer: Composer
- 1643Jose Solana: Composer
- 1660Arnold Houbraken: Dutch schilder / writer
- 1660Georg Ludwig: German Monarch of Hannover / King George I of Gt Britain
- 1727Maximilian III Jozef: Elector of Bayern (1745-77)
- 1729Pieter Fouquet: Dutch art seller (Atlas of Fouquet)
- 1737Francesco Zannetti: Composer
- 1741Johann Andre: Composer
- 1750Francisco A G de Miranda: Venezuelan freedom fighter
- 1760Thomas Clarkson: English abolitionist (Negro Emancipation)
- 1766Joseph Weigl: Austria -- Composer / conductor (Emmeline)
- 1770Sophie Mereau: Writer
- 1779Angelo Maria Benincori: Composer
- 1799Karl Adolph von Basedow: German artist (Ziekte van Basedow)
- 1806Ludolf AJW Sloet van de Beele: Governor-General of the Netherlands Indies (1861-66)
- 1817Mariano Soriano Fuertes y Piqueras: Composer
- 1818Wade Hampton: South Carolina, United States -- Lieutenant General (Confederate Army), died in 1902
- 1840Mehemed Emin Pasja: German explorer / Governor (Equatoria)
- 1853Rudolf Kittel: German theologist (Psalms)
- 1862Aristide Briand: France -- 11x Premier (1909-22) (Nobel 1926)
- 1868Cuno Amiet: Switzerland -- Painter
- 1868Wojciech Gawronski: Composer
- 1871Willem Mengelberg: Utrecht, Netherlands -- Conductor (NY Philharmonic 1922-30)
- 1872Jose Sanjurjo y Sacanell: Spanish General (Morocco)
- 1883William H Harris: Composer
Died on Mar 28
- 0193Publius Helvius Pertinax: Roman Emperor (192-93), assassinated
- 0593Guntram: French King in Burgundy, dies at about 67
- 1285Martinus IV [Simon de Brion]: Pope (1281-85)
- 1566Siegmund Freiherr von Herberstein: Austrian diplomat, dies at 79
- 1673Adam Pijnacker: Dutch landscape Painter / etcher, buried at 51
- 1677Wenzel Hollar: Bohemia cartoonist / etcher, dies at about 69
- 1687Constantine Huygens: Diplomat / Poet / Composer (Bluebottles), dies at 90
- 1701Domenico Guidi: Italian sculptor, dies at 75
- 1712Jan van der Heyden: Dutch inventor (street lantern), dies at 75
- 1799Etta L J "baronne" Palm-Aelders: Dutch adventurer / spy, dies at 55
- 1801Ralph Abercromby: English army commander (North Holland), dies at 66
- 1818Giuseppe Antonio Capuzzi: Composer, dies at 62
- 1840Simon-Antoine-Jean Lhuillier: Swiss mathematician, dies at 89
- 1847Mariano Rodriguiz de Ledesma: Composer, dies at 67
- 1849Stephan L Endlicher: Austrian priest / botany, dies at 44
- 1856Pyotr Ivanovich Turchaninov: Composer, dies at 76
- 1860Johann Ludwig Bohner: Composer, dies at 73
- 1863James Cooper: US attorney / senator / Union Brigadier General, dies at 52
- 1865Albert G Bilders: Dutch landscape painter, dies at 26
- 1868James Thomas Brudenell: 7th Earl of Cardigan, dies at about 70
- 1877Vincenzo Fioravanti: Composer, dies at 77
- 1880Achille Peri: Composer, dies at 67
- 1885Fredrick Vilhelm Ludvig Norman: Composer, dies at 53
- 1887Ditler G Monrad: Danish Bishop / Premier (1863-..), dies at 75
- 1889Matilde "Tillie" Ziegler: Killed by husband William Kemmler
- 1896E Rundle Charles: Writer
- 1907Pavel Ivanovich Blaramberg: Composer, dies at 65
- 1908John Eliot: English meteorology, dies at 68
- 1910Edouard [Judas] Colonne: French violinist / conductor
- 1914Hanus Trnecek: Composer, dies at 55