Famous Deaths Happened In March - 26

0304  On this day in history death of saint Emmanuel, Christian martyr killed under Diocletian   

0752  On this day in history stephen II, Catholic Pope (3/22-26/752), dies   

0809  On this day in history 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  Sancho I, King of Portugal (1185-1212), dies at 58 on March - 26.   

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  On March - 26 death of heinrich Isaac, Flemish composer   

1535  On this day in history death of georg Tannstetter, Austrian scientist (b. 1482)   

1546  On March - 26 thomas Elyot, British diplomat, dies   

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

1638  On March - 26 palamedes "Stevens" Palamedesz, painter, dies at about 30   

1649  On this day in history john Winthrop, Puritan & 1st Governor (Mass), dies   

1657  On March - 26 jacob van Eyck, Dutch blind flautist/carillonneur, dies at 69   

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

1697  On this day in history death of godfrey McCulloch, Scottish politician and murderer (executed) (b. 1640)   

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

1726  John Vanbrugh, Dutch/English playwright (Provoked Wife), dies at 62 on March - 26.   

1736  On March - 26 georg Balthasar Schott, composer, dies at 49   

1772  On this day in history death of charles Pinot Duclos, French writer (b. 1704)   

1776  Death of Samuel Ward, American politician (b. 1725) on this day in history.   

1780  On March - 26 death of charles I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (b. 1713)   

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  Death of Joseph-Ignace Guillotin, namesake of the guillotine (b. 1738) on this day in history.   

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  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 March - 26.   

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

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

1554  Charles of Lorraine, Duke of Mayenne, French military leader (d. 1611) was born on March - 26.   

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 March - 26.   

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