Famous Deaths In March - 26

0304  Death of Saint Emmanuel, Christian martyr killed under Diocletian on March - 26.   

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

0809  On this day in history 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  Sancho I, King of Portugal (1185-1212), dies at 58 on March - 26.   

1258  Floris, the Guardian, count-regent of Holland, dies on March - 26.   

1350  On March - 26 alfonso XI, King of Castile & Leon, dies   

1517  Death of Heinrich Isaac, Flemish composer on March - 26.   

1535  Death of Georg Tannstetter, Austrian scientist (b. 1482) on March - 26.   

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  On this day in history 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 March - 26.   

1697  Death of Godfrey McCulloch, Scottish politician and murderer (executed) (b. 1640) on this day in history.   

1713  On this day in history pal Esterhazy, composer, dies at 77   

1726  John Vanbrugh, Dutch/English playwright (Provoked Wife), dies at 62 on this day in history.   

1736  On this day in history georg Balthasar Schott, composer, dies at 49   

1772  On March - 26 death of charles Pinot Duclos, French writer (b. 1704)   

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  On this day in history death of john Mudge, English physician (b. 1721)   

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

1809  On March - 26 gabriele Mario Piozzi, composer, dies at 68   

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

1820  Jean-Etienne Despreaux, composer, dies at 71 on this day in history.   

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

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

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 March - 26 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  On March - 26 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 March - 26.   

1698  On this day in history birth of václav Prokop DiviÅ¡, Czech theologian and natural scientist (d. 1765)