Famous Deaths In March - 26

0304  On March - 26 death of saint Emmanuel, Christian martyr killed under Diocletian  

0752  Stephen II, Catholic Pope (3/22-26/752), dies on this day in history.  

0809  Liudger, missionary/1st bishop of Munster/saint, dies at about 66 on this day in history.  

1130  On March - 26 death of king Sigurd I of Norway (b. ca. 1090)  

1212  Sancho I, King of Portugal (1185-1212), dies at 58 on this day in history.  

1258  Floris, the Guardian, count-regent of Holland, dies on March - 26.  

1350  Alfonso XI, King of Castile & Leon, dies on March - 26.  

1517  On March - 26 death of heinrich Isaac, Flemish composer  

1535  Death of Georg Tannstetter, Austrian scientist (b. 1482) on this day in history.  

1546  Thomas Elyot, British diplomat, dies on March - 26.  

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1566  On this day in history antonio de Cabezon, composer, dies  

1638  Palamedes "Stevens" Palamedesz, painter, dies at about 30 on this day in history.  

1649  On March - 26 john Winthrop, Puritan & 1st Governor (Mass), dies  

1657  Jacob van Eyck, Dutch blind flautist/carillonneur, dies at 69 on this day in history.  

1679  On March - 26 death of johannes Schefferus, Alsatian-born humanist (b. 1621)  

1697  On March - 26 death of godfrey McCulloch, Scottish politician and murderer (executed) (b. 1640)  

1713  On March - 26 pal Esterhazy, composer, dies at 77  

1726  On this day in history john Vanbrugh, Dutch/English playwright (Provoked Wife), dies at 62  

1736  On this day in history georg Balthasar Schott, composer, dies at 49  

1772  Death of Charles Pinot Duclos, French writer (b. 1704) on March - 26.  

1776  On March - 26 death of samuel Ward, American politician (b. 1725)  

1780  Death of Charles I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (b. 1713) on this day in history.  

1793  Death of John Mudge, English physician (b. 1721) on March - 26.  

1797  On this day in history james Hutton, geologist, dies  

1809  On March - 26 gabriele Mario Piozzi, composer, dies at 68  

1814  On this day in history death of joseph-Ignace Guillotin, namesake of the guillotine (b. 1738)  

1820  On this day in history jean-Etienne Despreaux, composer, dies at 71  

1827  Ludwig van Beethoven, German composer (Appassionata), dies at 56 on March - 26.  

1831  Richard Allen, AME Church Bishop, dies at 71 on March - 26.  

1837  Joseph Lincke, composer, dies at 53 on March - 26.  

1858  On this day in history death of john Addison Thomas, American soldier (b. 1811)  

1865  Thomas Hancock, pioneer of rubber industry (Stoke Newington), dies on March - 26.  

1880  Mariano Soriano Fuertes y Piqueras, composer, dies at 62 on this day in history.  

1881  On this day in history death of roman Sanguszko, Polish aristocrat (b. 1800)  

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1479  Vasili III, great prince of Moscow (1505-33)/son of Ivan III was born on March - 26.  

1516  On this day in history birth of conrad Gessner, Swiss naturalist (d. 1565)  

1554  On this day in history birth of charles of Lorraine, Duke of Mayenne, French military leader (d. 1611)  

1577  Elisabeth of Nassau, daughter of Willem I & Charlotte of Bourbon was born on March - 26.  

1659  William Wollaston, Coton England, philosopher was born on March - 26.  

1671  On this day in history birth of giacomo Cesare Predieri, composer  

1684  Johann Graf, composer was born on this day in history.  

1698  Václav Prokop Diviš, Czech theologian and natural scientist (d. 1765) was born on this day in history.