Famous Deaths 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  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  Sancho I, King of Portugal (1185-1212), dies at 58 on March - 26.  

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

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

1517  On this day in history death of heinrich Isaac, Flemish composer  

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

1638  On this day in history palamedes "Stevens" Palamedesz, painter, dies at about 30  

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

1736  On March - 26 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 March - 26.  

1780  On March - 26 death of charles I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (b. 1713)  

1793  On this day in history 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  On this day in history death of joseph-Ignace Guillotin, namesake of the guillotine (b. 1738)  

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

1827  Ludwig van Beethoven, German composer (Appassionata), dies at 56 on this day in history.  

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 this day in history death of john Addison Thomas, American soldier (b. 1811)  

1865  Thomas Hancock, pioneer of rubber industry (Stoke Newington), dies on March - 26.  

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

1881  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

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

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  William Wollaston, Coton England, philosopher was born on March - 26.  

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 this day in history.