Famous Deaths 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 this day in history liudger, missionary/1st bishop of Munster/saint, dies at about 66  

1130  Death of King Sigurd I of Norway (b. ca. 1090) on March - 26.  

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

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  On March - 26 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.  

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

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

1649  On March - 26 john Winthrop, Puritan & 1st Governor (Mass), dies  

1657  Jacob van Eyck, Dutch blind flautist/carillonneur, dies at 69 on March - 26.  

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

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

1776  On this day in history death of samuel Ward, American politician (b. 1725)  

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

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

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

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  Ludwig van Beethoven, German composer (Appassionata), dies at 56 on March - 26.  

1831  Richard Allen, AME Church Bishop, dies at 71 on March - 26.  

1837  On March - 26 joseph Lincke, composer, dies at 53  

1858  On this day in history 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  Vasili III, great prince of Moscow (1505-33)/son of Ivan III was born on March - 26.  

1516  On this day in history 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  Elisabeth of Nassau, daughter of Willem I & Charlotte of Bourbon was born on March - 26.  

1659  William Wollaston, Coton England, philosopher was born on March - 26.  

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

1684  On this day in history birth of johann Graf, composer  

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