March 26th, 1344

Born on March 26th, 1344

Age in days, weeks and months
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... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on March 26th, 1344?

March 26th, 1344

The Siege of Algeciras, one of the first European military engagements where gunpowder was used, comes to an end.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Algeciras_(1342–1344)

March 26th, 1344

Reconquista: The Muslim city of Algeciras surrendered after a 21-month siege and was incorporated into the Kingdom of Castile.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reconquista

What else happened on March 26th?

March 26th, 2010

An explosion, allegedly caused by a North Korean torpedo, sank the South Korean warship ROKS Cheonan near Baengnyeongdo in the Yellow Sea, killing 46 sailors.

March 26th, 1999

A jury began deliberations in the trial of Jack Kevorkian, an American practitioner of physician-assisted suicide who was charged with murder in the death of a terminally ill patient.

March 26th, 1997

Police in Rancho Santa Fe, California, discovered the bodies of 39 members of the religious group Heaven's Gate who had died in an apparent cult suicide.

March 26th, 1979

With the signing of a peace treaty in Washington, D.C., Egypt became the first Arab country officially to recognize Israel.

March 26th, 1975

The Biological Weapons Convention, the first multilateral disarmament treaty banning the production of an entire category of weapons, entered into force.

March 26th, 1953

Jonas Salk announced the successful test of his polio vaccine on a small group of adults and children.

March 26th, 1939

Spanish Civil War: Nationalists began their final offensive of the war, at the end of which they controlled almost the entire country.

March 26th, 1917

First World War: Attempting to advance into Palestine, the British were defeated by Ottoman troops at the First Battle of Gaza.

March 26th, 1913

First Balkan War: After a five-month siege, Bulgarian and Serbian forces (artillery pictured) captured the Ottoman city of Adrianople.

March 26th, 1896

An explosion at the Brunner Mine in New Zealand killed 65 coal miners in the country's deadliest mining accident.

March 26th, 1885

Perceiving that the Canadian government was failing to protect their rights, the Métis people led by Louis Riel began the North-West Rebellion.

March 26th, 1873

A Dutch military expedition was launched to bombard Banda Aceh, the capital of the Aceh Sultanate in present-day Indonesia, beginning the Aceh War.

March 26th, 1812

The Boston Gazette printed a cartoon coining the term "gerrymander", named after Governor Elbridge Gerry (pictured), who approved the legislation that created oddly shaped electoral districts.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on March 26th

Same Day
Who's birthday is on March 26th?

71

Harald Jähner

German journalist and writer

*March 26th, 1953, Duisburg

31

Suci Rizky Andini

Indonesia badminton player

*March 26th, 1993, Bandung City

82

James Caan

American actor (1940–2022)

*March 26th, 1940, The Bronx †July 6th, 2022, Los Angeles

84

Nancy Pelosi

American politician

*March 26th, 1940, Baltimore

76

Bärbel Kramer

German papyrologist

*March 26th, 1948, Mülheim an der Ruhr

27

Ruthvika Shivani

Indian badminton player

*March 26th, 1997, Vijayawada

46

Dicky Palyama

Dutch badminton player

*March 26th, 1978, Gouda

37

Nic Strange

Badminton player

*March 26th, 1987, Bangor

52

Marleve Mainaky

Badminton player

*March 26th, 1972, Ternate

25

Fabio Caponio

Italian badminton player

*March 26th, 1999, Santeramo in Colle

74

Martin Short

Canadian actor and comedian (born 1950)

*March 26th, 1950, Hamilton

83

Richard Dawkins

English ethologist, evolutionary biologist and author

*March 26th, 1941, Nairobi

51

Larry Page

American computer scientist and Internet entrepreneur

*March 26th, 1973, East Lansing

54

Martin McDonagh

British-Irish filmmaker and playwright

*March 26th, 1970, London

40

Luca James Lee

Australian actor

*March 26th, 1984, Subiaco

60

Michael Frontzeck

German football player and manager

*March 26th, 1964, Mönchengladbach

39

Jonathan Groff

American actor and singer

*March 26th, 1985, Lancaster

75

Uwe Beckmeyer

German politician

*March 26th, 1949, Bremerhaven

60

Maria Miller

British politician

*March 26th, 1964, Wolverhampton

88

Robert Frost

American poet; 4x recipient of Pulitzer Prize for Poetry

*March 26th, 1874, San Francisco †January 29th, 1963, Boston

71

Lincoln Chafee

American politician and former United States Senator from Rhode Island

*March 26th, 1953, Providence

47

Morgan De Sanctis

Italian association football player

*March 26th, 1977, Guardiagrele

83

Leonard Nimoy

American actor (1931–2015)

*March 26th, 1931, West End †February 27th, 2015, Bel Air

67

Shirin Neshat

Iranian artist, film director, and photographer

*March 26th, 1957, Qazvin

80

Diana Ross

American vocalist, music artist and actress

*March 26th, 1944, Detroit

74

Boniface de Castellane

Marshal of France (1788-1862)

*March 26th, 1788, Paris †September 16th, 1862, 2nd arrondissement of Lyon

83

Paul Erdős

Hungarian mathematician (1913–1996)

*March 26th, 1913, Budapest †September 20th, 1996, Warsaw

71

Tennessee Williams

American playwright (1911–1983)

*March 26th, 1911, Columbus †February 25th, 1983, New York City

56

Oskar Nedbal

Czech conductor, composer, and violist (1874–1940)

*March 26th, 1874, Tábor †December 24th, 1930, Zagreb

39

Keira Knightley

British actress

*March 26th, 1985, Teddington

73

Carl Wieman

Nobel prize winning US physicist

*March 26th, 1951, Corvallis

61

Hermann Färber

German politician

*March 26th, 1963, Böhmenkirch

43

Massimo Donati

Italian footballer

*March 26th, 1981, San Vito al Tagliamento

77

John Rowles

New Zealand singer

*March 26th, 1947, Whakatāne

49

Erick Morillo

American DJ, music producer, and record label owner

*March 26th, 1971, New York City †September 1st, 2020, Miami Beach

52

Leslie Mann

American actress

*March 26th, 1972, San Francisco

26

Patrick Ekeng

Cameroonian footballer (1990-2016)

*March 26th, 1990, Yaoundé †May 6th, 2016, Bucharest

83

Joseph Campbell

American mythologist, writer and lecturer (1904-1987)

*March 26th, 1904, White Plains †October 30th, 1987, Honolulu

42

Mikel Arteta

Spanish association football manager

*March 26th, 1982, San Sebastián

38

Paul Voß

German road racing cyclist

*March 26th, 1986, Rostock

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on March 26th

Fixed holidays (Christian feast days) which are celebrated on March 26th.

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

Leap year

Yes: 1344 is a leap year, therefore has a 29th of February with an additional leap day and a total of 366 days (instead of the usual 365 days in a normal year).

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