Famous Deaths In March - 26

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

0752  On this day in history 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 March - 26 sancho I, King of Portugal (1185-1212), dies at 58   

1258  On this day in history floris, the Guardian, count-regent of Holland, dies   

1350  Alfonso XI, King of Castile & Leon, dies on March - 26.   

1517  On March - 26 death of heinrich Isaac, Flemish composer   

1535  On March - 26 death of georg Tannstetter, Austrian scientist (b. 1482)   

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

1566  On this day in history antonio de Cabezon, composer, dies   

1638  On March - 26 palamedes "Stevens" Palamedesz, painter, dies at about 30   

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

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

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

1772  Death of Charles Pinot Duclos, French writer (b. 1704) on March - 26.   

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 March - 26.   

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

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

1814  On this day in history 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 March - 26.   

1831  On March - 26 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 this day in history thomas Hancock, pioneer of rubber industry (Stoke Newington), dies   

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

1881  On this day in history death of roman Sanguszko, Polish aristocrat (b. 1800)   

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1479  On this day in history 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  Elisabeth of Nassau, daughter of Willem I & Charlotte of Bourbon was born on this day in history.   

1659  On March - 26 birth of william Wollaston, Coton England, philosopher   

1671  On this day in history birth of giacomo Cesare Predieri, composer   

1684  On March - 26 birth of johann Graf, composer   

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