Famous Deaths In March - 26

0304  Death of Saint Emmanuel, Christian martyr killed under Diocletian on this day in history.  

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 March - 26.  

1130  On this day in history death of king Sigurd I of Norway (b. ca. 1090)  

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

1258  On this day in history 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 March - 26.  

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

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

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

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

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

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

1736  On this day in history georg Balthasar Schott, composer, dies at 49  

1772  On March - 26 death of charles Pinot Duclos, French writer (b. 1704)  

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

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

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

1797  On March - 26 james Hutton, geologist, dies  

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

1827  On March - 26 ludwig van Beethoven, German composer (Appassionata), dies at 56  

1831  On March - 26 richard Allen, AME Church Bishop, dies at 71  

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

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

1865  On this day in history thomas Hancock, pioneer of rubber industry (Stoke Newington), dies  

1880  On this day in history 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 March - 26 birth of charles of Lorraine, Duke of Mayenne, French military leader (d. 1611)  

1577  Elisabeth of Nassau, daughter of Willem I & Charlotte of Bourbon was born on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

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