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 this day in history.  

0809  On March - 26 liudger, missionary/1st bishop of Munster/saint, dies at about 66  

1130  On March - 26 death of king Sigurd I of Norway (b. ca. 1090)  

1212  On this day in history sancho I, King of Portugal (1185-1212), dies at 58  

1258  On March - 26 floris, the Guardian, count-regent of Holland, dies  

1350  On this day in history alfonso XI, King of Castile & Leon, dies  

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

1535  On this day in history death of georg Tannstetter, Austrian scientist (b. 1482)  

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

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1566  Antonio de Cabezon, composer, dies on March - 26.  

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  Jacob van Eyck, Dutch blind flautist/carillonneur, dies at 69 on this day in history.  

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

1697  On March - 26 death of godfrey McCulloch, Scottish politician and murderer (executed) (b. 1640)  

1713  On March - 26 pal Esterhazy, composer, dies at 77  

1726  John Vanbrugh, Dutch/English playwright (Provoked Wife), dies at 62 on March - 26.  

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 this day in history.  

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  On March - 26 james Hutton, geologist, dies  

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 this day in history.  

1820  On March - 26 jean-Etienne Despreaux, composer, dies at 71  

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

1831  Richard Allen, AME Church Bishop, dies at 71 on this day in history.  

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 March - 26 thomas Hancock, pioneer of rubber industry (Stoke Newington), dies  

1880  On March - 26 mariano Soriano Fuertes y Piqueras, composer, dies at 62  

1881  Death of Roman Sanguszko, Polish aristocrat (b. 1800) on this day in history.  

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1479  Vasili III, great prince of Moscow (1505-33)/son of Ivan III was born on March - 26.  

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

1554  On this day in history birth of charles of Lorraine, Duke of Mayenne, French military leader (d. 1611)  

1577  On March - 26 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  Giacomo Cesare Predieri, composer was born on this day in history.  

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

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