Famous Deaths Happened In March - 26

0304  On March - 26 death of saint Emmanuel, Christian martyr killed under Diocletian   

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

0809  On this day in history 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 March - 26 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 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 this day in history.   

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

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

1638  Palamedes "Stevens" Palamedesz, painter, dies at about 30 on March - 26.   

1649  John Winthrop, Puritan & 1st Governor (Mass), dies on this day in history.   

1657  On this day in history jacob van Eyck, Dutch blind flautist/carillonneur, dies at 69   

1679  Death of Johannes Schefferus, Alsatian-born humanist (b. 1621) on this day in history.   

1697  On this day in history death of godfrey McCulloch, Scottish politician and murderer (executed) (b. 1640)   

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

1726  On this day in history john Vanbrugh, Dutch/English playwright (Provoked Wife), dies at 62   

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

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

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

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

1814  Death of Joseph-Ignace Guillotin, namesake of the guillotine (b. 1738) on March - 26.   

1820  On this day in history jean-Etienne Despreaux, composer, dies at 71   

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

1831  On this day in history richard Allen, AME Church Bishop, dies at 71   

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

1858  On March - 26 death of john Addison Thomas, American soldier (b. 1811)   

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

1880  Mariano Soriano Fuertes y Piqueras, composer, dies at 62 on March - 26.   

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  Conrad Gessner, Swiss naturalist (d. 1565) was born on March - 26.   

1554  On this day in history 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  Václav Prokop DiviÅ¡, Czech theologian and natural scientist (d. 1765) was born on March - 26.