Famous Deaths In March - 26

0304  On March - 26 death of saint Emmanuel, Christian martyr killed under Diocletian  

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

1517  On this day in history 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 March - 26 antonio de Cabezon, composer, dies  

1638  Palamedes "Stevens" Palamedesz, painter, dies at about 30 on this day in history.  

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

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

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

1736  Georg Balthasar Schott, composer, dies at 49 on this day in history.  

1772  On this day in history death of charles Pinot Duclos, French writer (b. 1704)  

1776  On March - 26 death of samuel Ward, American politician (b. 1725)  

1780  On March - 26 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 this day in history.  

1809  Gabriele Mario Piozzi, composer, dies at 68 on this day in history.  

1814  On this day in history 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  On March - 26 richard Allen, AME Church Bishop, dies at 71  

1837  Joseph Lincke, composer, dies at 53 on March - 26.  

1858  On this day in history 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  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  On March - 26 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  Elisabeth of Nassau, daughter of Willem I & Charlotte of Bourbon was born on this day in history.  

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 this day in history birth of václav Prokop Diviš, Czech theologian and natural scientist (d. 1765)