Today is Saturday, March 26, the 87th day of 2016. There are 279 days left in the year.
1636 — University of Utrecht opening ceremony
1668 — England takes control of Bombay, India
1692 — King Maximilian installed as land guardian of South Netherlands
1780 — First British Sunday newspaper appears (British Gazette & Sunday Monitor)
1790 — Congress passes Naturalization Act, requires two-year residency
1799 — Napolean captures Jaffa, Palestine
1804 — Congress orders removal of Indians east of Mississippi to Louisiana
1804 — Territory of Orleans organized in Louisiana Purchase
1812 — Earthquake destroys 90 percen of Caracas; about 20,000 die