Famous Deaths In March - 26

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

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

0809  Liudger, missionary/1st bishop of Munster/saint, dies at about 66 on March - 26.  

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

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

1258  On March - 26 floris, the Guardian, count-regent of Holland, dies  

1350  Alfonso XI, King of Castile & Leon, dies on this day in history.  

1517  Death of Heinrich Isaac, Flemish composer on this day in history.  

1535  Death of Georg Tannstetter, Austrian scientist (b. 1482) on March - 26.  

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

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1566  Antonio de Cabezon, composer, dies on March - 26.  

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

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

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

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

1697  Death of Godfrey McCulloch, Scottish politician and murderer (executed) (b. 1640) on this day in history.  

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  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 this day in history.  

1797  James Hutton, geologist, dies on March - 26.  

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  On March - 26 jean-Etienne Despreaux, composer, dies at 71  

1827  On this day in history ludwig van Beethoven, German composer (Appassionata), dies at 56  

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

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

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

1881  On March - 26 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  On this day in history birth of charles of Lorraine, Duke of Mayenne, French military leader (d. 1611)  

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 March - 26.  

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

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