March 26
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[edit] Events
- 1199 - Richard the Lionheart is fatally wounded by a crossbow bolt during a siege in France, he dies eleven days later. The marksman, a French noble named Pierre Basile, is executed.
[edit] Births
- 1874 - Robert Frost, American poet (d. 1963)
- 1908 - Franz Stangl, German military officer (d. 1971)
- 1935 - Mahmoud Abbas, Palestinian leader
- 1940 - Nancy Pelosi, American politician
[edit] Deaths
- 1130 - King Sigurd I of Norway (b. ca. 1090)
- 1902 - Cecil Rhodes, South African politician, founder of Rhodesia (b. 1853)
- 1926 - Konstantin Fehrenbach, Chancellor of Germany (b. 1852)
