Famous Deaths Happened In March - 26

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

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

0809  On this day in history liudger, missionary/1st bishop of Munster/saint, dies at about 66   

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  Floris, the Guardian, count-regent of Holland, dies on this day in history.   

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

1517  On March - 26 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.   

1566  On March - 26 antonio de Cabezon, composer, dies   

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

1649  On this day in history john Winthrop, Puritan & 1st Governor (Mass), dies   

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  Death of Godfrey McCulloch, Scottish politician and murderer (executed) (b. 1640) on March - 26.   

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

1726  On this day in history john Vanbrugh, Dutch/English playwright (Provoked Wife), dies at 62   

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

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 this day in history death of charles I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (b. 1713)   

1793  Death of John Mudge, English physician (b. 1721) on March - 26.   

1797  On March - 26 james Hutton, geologist, dies   

1809  On this day in history 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  Jean-Etienne Despreaux, composer, dies at 71 on this day in history.   

1827  On this day in history ludwig van Beethoven, German composer (Appassionata), dies at 56   

1831  Richard Allen, AME Church Bishop, dies at 71 on this day in history.   

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

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

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  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 March - 26 birth of conrad Gessner, Swiss naturalist (d. 1565)   

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

1577  Elisabeth of Nassau, daughter of Willem I & Charlotte of Bourbon was born on this day in history.   

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

1671  Giacomo Cesare Predieri, composer was born on this day in history.   

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

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