Famous Deaths In March - 26

0304  On this day in history death of saint Emmanuel, Christian martyr killed under Diocletian  

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

0809  Liudger, missionary/1st bishop of Munster/saint, dies at about 66 on this day in history.  

1130  On this day in history death of king Sigurd I of Norway (b. ca. 1090)  

1212  On March - 26 sancho I, King of Portugal (1185-1212), dies at 58  

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

1638  On March - 26 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 March - 26.  

1697  On this day in history death of godfrey McCulloch, Scottish politician and murderer (executed) (b. 1640)  

1713  Pal Esterhazy, composer, dies at 77 on March - 26.  

1726  On March - 26 john Vanbrugh, Dutch/English playwright (Provoked Wife), dies at 62  

1736  On March - 26 georg Balthasar Schott, composer, dies at 49  

1772  On this day in history 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  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 March - 26.  

1814  On March - 26 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  On March - 26 ludwig van Beethoven, German composer (Appassionata), dies at 56  

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

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 this day in history thomas Hancock, pioneer of rubber industry (Stoke Newington), dies  

1880  On this day in history mariano Soriano Fuertes y Piqueras, composer, dies at 62  

1881  Death of Roman Sanguszko, Polish aristocrat (b. 1800) on March - 26.  

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1479  On March - 26 birth of vasili III, great prince of Moscow (1505-33)/son of Ivan III  

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  On March - 26 birth of elisabeth of Nassau, daughter of Willem I & Charlotte of Bourbon  

1659  On this day in history birth of william Wollaston, Coton England, philosopher  

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

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

1698  Václav Prokop Diviš, Czech theologian and natural scientist (d. 1765) was born on this day in history.