Famous Deaths Happened In March - 26

0304  Death of Saint Emmanuel, Christian martyr killed under Diocletian on March - 26.   

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 this day in history death of king Sigurd I of Norway (b. ca. 1090)   

1212  On this day in history sancho I, King of Portugal (1185-1212), dies at 58   

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 this day in history death of heinrich Isaac, Flemish composer   

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

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

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

1638  On this day in history palamedes "Stevens" Palamedesz, painter, dies at about 30   

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  On this day in history 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 this day in history 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  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  On this day in history death of john Mudge, English physician (b. 1721)   

1797  On March - 26 james Hutton, geologist, dies   

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

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 this day in history.   

1831  Richard Allen, AME Church Bishop, dies at 71 on this day in history.   

1837  On March - 26 joseph Lincke, composer, dies at 53   

1858  Death of John Addison Thomas, American soldier (b. 1811) on March - 26.   

1865  On March - 26 thomas Hancock, pioneer of rubber industry (Stoke Newington), dies   

1880  On March - 26 mariano Soriano Fuertes y Piqueras, composer, dies at 62   

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

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

1577  On this day in history birth of elisabeth of Nassau, daughter of Willem I & Charlotte of Bourbon   

1659  On this day in history birth of william Wollaston, Coton England, philosopher   

1671  Giacomo Cesare Predieri, composer was born on this day in history.   

1684  Johann Graf, composer was born on March - 26.   

1698  Václav Prokop DiviÅ¡, Czech theologian and natural scientist (d. 1765) was born on March - 26.