Famous Deaths In March - 26

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

0752  Stephen II, Catholic Pope (3/22-26/752), dies on March - 26.  

0809  Liudger, missionary/1st bishop of Munster/saint, dies at about 66 on March - 26.  

1130  Death of King Sigurd I of Norway (b. ca. 1090) on March - 26.  

1212  Sancho I, King of Portugal (1185-1212), dies at 58 on March - 26.  

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  Death of Heinrich Isaac, Flemish composer on this day in history.  

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

1546  On this day in history thomas Elyot, British diplomat, dies  

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1566  Antonio de Cabezon, composer, dies on this day in history.  

1638  Palamedes "Stevens" Palamedesz, painter, dies at about 30 on March - 26.  

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  On this day in history death of johannes Schefferus, Alsatian-born humanist (b. 1621)  

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

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

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

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

1780  Death of Charles I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (b. 1713) on March - 26.  

1793  On March - 26 death of john Mudge, English physician (b. 1721)  

1797  On this day in history james Hutton, geologist, dies  

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

1814  On March - 26 death of joseph-Ignace Guillotin, namesake of the guillotine (b. 1738)  

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  On March - 26 richard Allen, AME Church Bishop, dies at 71  

1837  Joseph Lincke, composer, dies at 53 on this day in history.  

1858  Death of John Addison Thomas, American soldier (b. 1811) on this day in history.  

1865  On March - 26 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 this day in history.  

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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 March - 26.  

1554  Charles of Lorraine, Duke of Mayenne, French military leader (d. 1611) was born on March - 26.  

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 this day in history birth of giacomo Cesare Predieri, composer  

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

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