Famous Deaths Happened In March - 26

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

0752  Stephen II, Catholic Pope (3/22-26/752), dies on March - 26.   

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

1258  Floris, the Guardian, count-regent of Holland, dies on this day in history.   

1350  On March - 26 alfonso XI, King of Castile & Leon, dies   

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

1535  Death of Georg Tannstetter, Austrian scientist (b. 1482) on this day in history.   

1546  Thomas Elyot, British diplomat, dies on this day in history.   

1566  On March - 26 antonio de Cabezon, composer, dies   

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

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 this day in history death of johannes Schefferus, Alsatian-born humanist (b. 1621)   

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

1713  Pal Esterhazy, composer, dies at 77 on this day in history.   

1726  John Vanbrugh, Dutch/English playwright (Provoked Wife), dies at 62 on this day in history.   

1736  Georg Balthasar Schott, composer, dies at 49 on March - 26.   

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

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

1797  On this day in history 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 this day in history ludwig van Beethoven, German composer (Appassionata), dies at 56   

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

1837  Joseph Lincke, composer, dies at 53 on March - 26.   

1858  On March - 26 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  Death of Roman Sanguszko, Polish aristocrat (b. 1800) on March - 26.   

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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  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 March - 26 birth of william Wollaston, Coton England, philosopher   

1671  Giacomo Cesare Predieri, composer was born on March - 26.   

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.