Famous Deaths In March - 26

0304  Death of Saint Emmanuel, Christian martyr killed under Diocletian on this day in history.  

0752  On March - 26 stephen II, Catholic Pope (3/22-26/752), dies  

0809  On March - 26 liudger, missionary/1st bishop of Munster/saint, dies at about 66  

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

1212  On March - 26 sancho I, King of Portugal (1185-1212), dies at 58  

1258  Floris, the Guardian, count-regent of Holland, dies on this day in history.  

1350  On this day in history alfonso XI, King of Castile & Leon, dies  

1517  Death of Heinrich Isaac, Flemish composer on March - 26.  

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

1546  On this day in history thomas Elyot, British diplomat, dies  

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1566  Antonio de Cabezon, composer, dies on this day in history.  

1638  Palamedes "Stevens" Palamedesz, painter, dies at about 30 on March - 26.  

1649  John Winthrop, Puritan & 1st Governor (Mass), dies on March - 26.  

1657  On this day in history jacob van Eyck, Dutch blind flautist/carillonneur, dies at 69  

1679  Death of Johannes Schefferus, Alsatian-born humanist (b. 1621) on March - 26.  

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

1713  Pal Esterhazy, composer, dies at 77 on this day in history.  

1726  On March - 26 john Vanbrugh, Dutch/English playwright (Provoked Wife), dies at 62  

1736  Georg Balthasar Schott, composer, dies at 49 on March - 26.  

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  On this day in history death of charles I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (b. 1713)  

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

1797  James Hutton, geologist, dies on this day in history.  

1809  Gabriele Mario Piozzi, composer, dies at 68 on this day in history.  

1814  On March - 26 death of joseph-Ignace Guillotin, namesake of the guillotine (b. 1738)  

1820  Jean-Etienne Despreaux, composer, dies at 71 on this day in history.  

1827  On March - 26 ludwig van Beethoven, German composer (Appassionata), dies at 56  

1831  On this day in history richard Allen, AME Church Bishop, dies at 71  

1837  Joseph Lincke, composer, dies at 53 on this day in history.  

1858  Death of John Addison Thomas, American soldier (b. 1811) on this day in history.  

1865  Thomas Hancock, pioneer of rubber industry (Stoke Newington), dies on this day in history.  

1880  Mariano Soriano Fuertes y Piqueras, composer, dies at 62 on March - 26.  

1881  Death of Roman Sanguszko, Polish aristocrat (b. 1800) on this day in history.  

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1479  On March - 26 birth of vasili III, great prince of Moscow (1505-33)/son of Ivan III  

1516  On March - 26 birth of conrad Gessner, Swiss naturalist (d. 1565)  

1554  On March - 26 birth of charles of Lorraine, Duke of Mayenne, French military leader (d. 1611)  

1577  On March - 26 birth of elisabeth of Nassau, daughter of Willem I & Charlotte of Bourbon  

1659  On March - 26 birth of william Wollaston, Coton England, philosopher  

1671  Giacomo Cesare Predieri, composer was born on March - 26.  

1684  On this day in history birth of johann Graf, composer  

1698  On March - 26 birth of václav Prokop Diviš, Czech theologian and natural scientist (d. 1765)