March 26th, 1766

Born on March 26th, 1766

Age in days, weeks and months
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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?

71

Harald Jähner

German journalist and writer

*March 26th, 1953, Duisburg

31

Suci Rizky Andini

Indonesia badminton player

*March 26th, 1993, Bandung City

74

Boniface de Castellane

Marshal of France (1788-1862)

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

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

46

Dicky Palyama

Dutch badminton player

*March 26th, 1978, Gouda

27

Ruthvika Shivani

Indian badminton player

*March 26th, 1997, Vijayawada

37

Nic Strange

Badminton player

*March 26th, 1987, Bangor

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

88

Robert Frost

American poet; 4x recipient of Pulitzer Prize for Poetry

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

51

Larry Page

American computer scientist and Internet entrepreneur

*March 26th, 1973, East Lansing

75

Uwe Beckmeyer

German politician

*March 26th, 1949, Bremerhaven

60

Michael Frontzeck

German football player and manager

*March 26th, 1964, Mönchengladbach

40

Luca James Lee

Australian actor

*March 26th, 1984, Subiaco

39

Jonathan Groff

American actor and singer

*March 26th, 1985, Lancaster

54

Martin McDonagh

British-Irish filmmaker and playwright

*March 26th, 1970, London

Same year
Born in 1766

75

Albertine Necker de Saussure

Genevan writer (1766-1841)

*April 9th, 1766, Geneva †April 20th, 1841, Monnetier-Mornex

77

John Dalton

British chemist and physicist (1766–1844)

*September 6th, 1766, Cumberland †July 27th, 1844, Manchester

68

Thomas Robert Malthus

British political economist (1766–1834)

*February 13th, 1766, Westcott †December 23rd, 1834, Bath

63

Caroline von Humboldt

German salon-holder, wife of Wilhelm von Humboldt (1766–1829)

*February 23rd, 1766, Minden †March 26th, 1829, Berlin

51

Germaine de Staël

Genevan-French author (1766-1817)

*April 22nd, 1766, Paris †July 14th, 1817, Paris

109

Jean-Frédéric Waldeck

French antiquarian, explorer, artist (1766-1875)

*March 16th, 1766, Prague †April 30th, 1875, Paris

73

William Dunlap

American dramatist, painter, and historian

*February 19th, 1766, Perth Amboy †September 28th, 1839, New York City

35

Louis Delgrès

French politician (1766-1802)

*August 2nd, 1766, Saint-Pierre †May 28th, 1802, Matouba

57

Maine de Biran

French philosopher (1766-1824)

*November 29th, 1766, Bergerac †July 20th, 1824, Paris

83

Georg Philipp Schmidt von Lübeck

German writer (1766-1849)

*January 1st, 1766, Lübeck †October 28th, 1849, Ottensen

76

Charles Macintosh

British chemist (1766–1843)

*December 29th, 1766, Glasgow †July 25th, 1843, Glasgow

82

Georg Reinbeck

German writer (1766-1849)

*October 11th, 1766, Berlin †January 1st, 1849, Stuttgart

79

Samuel Friedrich Sauter

German author

*November 10th, 1766, Oberderdingen †July 14th, 1846, Oberderdingen

72

Moss Kent

American politician

*April 3rd, 1766, Rensselaer County †May 30th, 1838, Plattsburgh

87

Samuel Wilson

American meat packer (1766-1854)

*September 13th, 1766, Arlington †July 31st, 1854, Troy

85

Adolph Scharenberg

German painter

*April 21st, 1766, Neustrelitz †April 8th, 1852, Neustrelitz

68

Samuel Dinsmoor

American politician

*July 1st, 1766, Windham †March 15th, 1835, Keene

71

Samuel Wesley

English organist and composer

*February 24th, 1766, Bristol †October 11th, 1837, London

64

Rodolphe Kreutzer

French violinist, conductor, composer (1766-1831)

*November 15th, 1766, Versailles †January 6th, 1831, Geneva

47

Honoré Vial

French diplomat (1766-1813)

*February 22nd, 1766, Antibes †October 18th, 1813, Leipzig

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1766 is a normal year and no leap year.

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