Famous Deaths In March - 26

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

0752  Stephen II, Catholic Pope (3/22-26/752), dies on this day in history.  

0809  Liudger, missionary/1st bishop of Munster/saint, dies at about 66 on this day in history.  

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

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

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

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

1546  Thomas Elyot, British diplomat, dies on March - 26.  

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

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

1649  On March - 26 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 March - 26 death of godfrey McCulloch, Scottish politician and murderer (executed) (b. 1640)  

1713  Pal Esterhazy, composer, dies at 77 on March - 26.  

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

1736  Georg Balthasar Schott, composer, dies at 49 on this day in history.  

1772  Death of Charles Pinot Duclos, French writer (b. 1704) on this day in history.  

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

1780  Death of Charles I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (b. 1713) on this day in history.  

1793  On March - 26 death of john Mudge, English physician (b. 1721)  

1797  On this day in history james Hutton, geologist, dies  

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 this day in history.  

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 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  Vasili III, great prince of Moscow (1505-33)/son of Ivan III was born on March - 26.  

1516  Conrad Gessner, Swiss naturalist (d. 1565) was born on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

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