Famous Deaths Happened 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 March - 26.   

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

1130  Death of King Sigurd I of Norway (b. ca. 1090) on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1350  On March - 26 alfonso XI, King of Castile & Leon, dies   

1517  On this day in history death of heinrich Isaac, Flemish composer   

1535  On March - 26 death of georg Tannstetter, Austrian scientist (b. 1482)   

1546  Thomas Elyot, British diplomat, dies on this day in history.   

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

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

1649  John Winthrop, Puritan & 1st Governor (Mass), dies on this day in history.   

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  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  On March - 26 death of charles Pinot Duclos, French writer (b. 1704)   

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

1780  Death of Charles I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (b. 1713) on March - 26.   

1793  Death of John Mudge, English physician (b. 1721) on this day in history.   

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

1809  On this day in history gabriele Mario Piozzi, composer, dies at 68   

1814  On March - 26 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  On this day in history richard Allen, AME Church Bishop, dies at 71   

1837  On this day in history joseph Lincke, composer, dies at 53   

1858  On March - 26 death of john Addison Thomas, American soldier (b. 1811)   

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 this day in history birth of vasili III, great prince of Moscow (1505-33)/son of Ivan III   

1516  Conrad Gessner, Swiss naturalist (d. 1565) was born on March - 26.   

1554  Charles of Lorraine, Duke of Mayenne, French military leader (d. 1611) was born on this day in history.   

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

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

1671  On March - 26 birth of giacomo Cesare Predieri, composer   

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

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