March 26th, 1574

Born on March 26th, 1574

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What 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.

March 26th, 1697

The Safavid Empire began a four-year occupation of the Ottoman city of Basra on the Persian Gulf.

March 26th, 1484

William Caxton (pictured) printed the first English translation of Aesop's Fables.

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

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

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 (born 1940)

*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

37

Nic Strange

Badminton player

*March 26th, 1987, Bangor

46

Dicky Palyama

Dutch badminton player

*March 26th, 1978, Gouda

52

Marleve Mainaky

Badminton player

*March 26th, 1972, Ternate City

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

74

Boniface de Castellane

Marshal of France (1788-1862)

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

40

Luca James Lee

Australian actor

*March 26th, 1984, Subiaco

57

Wolf Dietrich von Raitenau

Prince-archbishop of Salzburg between 1587 and 1612

*March 26th, 1559, Bregenz †January 16th, 1617, Fortress Hohensalzburg

60

Michael Frontzeck

German association football player and manager

*March 26th, 1964, Mönchengladbach

75

Uwe Beckmeyer

German politician

*March 26th, 1949, Bremerhaven

39

Jonathan Groff

American actor and singer

*March 26th, 1985, Lancaster

54

Martin McDonagh

British-Irish filmmaker and playwright

*March 26th, 1970, London

88

Robert Frost

American poet; 4x recipient of Pulitzer Prize for Poetry

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

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86

William Oughtred

English mathematician and Anglican minister (1574–1660)

*March 5th, 1574, Eton †June 30th, 1660, Albury

80

Innocent X

Pope from 1644 to 1655

*May 6th, 1574, Rome †January 7th, 1655, Rome

44

Anne of Denmark

Queen consort of James VI of Scots, I of England (1574-1619)

*December 12th, 1574, Skanderborg Slot †March 2nd, 1619, Hampton Court Palace

53

François de Sourdis

Catholic cardinal

*October 25th, 1574, Poitou †February 8th, 1628, Bordeaux

63

Robert Fludd

British mathematician, doctor and astrologer

*January 17th, 1574, Milgate House †September 8th, 1637, London

36

Frederick IV, Elector Palatine

(1574-1610); Elector Palatine

*March 5th, 1574, Amberg †September 19th, 1610, Heidelberg

67

Holger Rosenkrantz

(1574-1642)

*December 14th, 1574, Kalø slot †October 28th, 1642, Copenhagen

74

Frederick IV, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg

Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1574-1648)

*August 28th, 1574, Celle †December 10th, 1648, Celle

60

Elisabeth of Lorraine

French princess (1574-1635)

*October 9th, 1574, Nancy †January 4th, 1635, Braunau am Inn

55

Cornelius Paulinus Swanenburg

Dutch jurist

*September 12th, 1574, Leiden †May 12th, 1630, Leiden

46

Princess Maria Christina I, Princess of Transylvania

Princess Consort of Transylvania and Austrian archduchess (1574-1621)

*November 10th, 1574, Graz †April 6th, 1621, Hall in Tirol

47

Johann Gottfried von Aschhausen

Prince Bishop of Bamberg and Wurtzburg

*November 30th, 1574, Lauda-Königshofen †January 1st, 1622, Diet of Regensburg

49

Pedro Téllez-Girón, 3rd Duke of Osuna

Spanish duke

*December 17th, 1574, Osuna †September 24th, 1624, Madrid

54

Thomas Platter the Younger

Swiss physician, traveller and writer (1574-1628)

*July 24th, 1574, Basel †December 4th, 1628, Basel

66

Osta Morat

Dey of Tunis (1570-1640)

*March 19th, 1574, Levanto †May 31st, 1640, Tunis

45

Mark Sittich von Hohenems

Austrian nobleman

*January 1st, 1574, Hohenems †October 9th, 1619, Salzburg

75

Christoph Scheiner

Jesuit father, physicist and astronomer (*1575 – †1650)

*November 30th, 1574, Markt Wald †July 18th, 1650, Nysa

42

Adam Wenceslaus, Duke of Cieszyn

Duke of Teschen

*December 12th, 1574, Cieszyn †July 13th, 1617, Cieszyn

75

Robert Dudley

English engineer, explorer, cartographer (1574-1649)

*August 7th, 1574, Richmond Palace †September 6th, 1649, Tuscany

63

John Wilbye

English composer

*March 7th, 1574, Diss †January 1st, 1638, Colchester

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1574 is a normal year and no leap year.

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