Famous Deaths Happened 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 this day in history.   

0809  On March - 26 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 this day in history.   

1258  On March - 26 floris, the Guardian, count-regent of Holland, dies   

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

1517  Death of Heinrich Isaac, Flemish composer on this day in history.   

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

1546  On March - 26 thomas Elyot, British diplomat, dies   

1566  Antonio de Cabezon, composer, dies on March - 26.   

1638  On this day in history palamedes "Stevens" Palamedesz, painter, dies at about 30   

1649  John Winthrop, Puritan & 1st Governor (Mass), dies on this day in history.   

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  Death of Godfrey McCulloch, Scottish politician and murderer (executed) (b. 1640) on this day in history.   

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

1726  On March - 26 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 this day in history.   

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  Death of John Mudge, English physician (b. 1721) on this day in history.   

1797  James Hutton, geologist, dies on this day in history.   

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

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  On this day in history joseph Lincke, composer, dies at 53   

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

1865  Thomas Hancock, pioneer of rubber industry (Stoke Newington), dies on March - 26.   

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 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  On this day in history birth of conrad Gessner, Swiss naturalist (d. 1565)   

1554  On this day in history 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 this day in history birth of william Wollaston, Coton England, philosopher   

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

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.