Famous Deaths In March - 26

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

0752  On March - 26 stephen II, Catholic Pope (3/22-26/752), dies   

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  On March - 26 floris, the Guardian, count-regent of Holland, dies   

1350  Alfonso XI, King of Castile & Leon, dies on March - 26.   

1517  On March - 26 death of heinrich Isaac, Flemish composer   

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

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 March - 26.   

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

1657  On March - 26 jacob van Eyck, Dutch blind flautist/carillonneur, dies at 69   

1679  Death of Johannes Schefferus, Alsatian-born humanist (b. 1621) on March - 26.   

1697  Death of Godfrey McCulloch, Scottish politician and murderer (executed) (b. 1640) on March - 26.   

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

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  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 this day in history 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  On this day in history gabriele Mario Piozzi, composer, dies at 68   

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  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  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  Mariano Soriano Fuertes y Piqueras, composer, dies at 62 on this day in history.   

1881  On March - 26 death of roman Sanguszko, Polish aristocrat (b. 1800)   

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1479  On March - 26 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 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  William Wollaston, Coton England, philosopher was born on this day in history.   

1671  On March - 26 birth of giacomo Cesare Predieri, composer   

1684  Johann Graf, composer was born on March - 26.   

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