Famous Deaths In March - 26

0304  On this day in history 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 March - 26 sancho I, King of Portugal (1185-1212), dies at 58  

1258  Floris, the Guardian, count-regent of Holland, dies on March - 26.  

1350  On March - 26 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 March - 26 thomas Elyot, British diplomat, dies  

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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 this day in history jacob van Eyck, Dutch blind flautist/carillonneur, dies at 69  

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 March - 26.  

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 March - 26.  

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 this day in history 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 March - 26.  

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

1814  Death of Joseph-Ignace Guillotin, namesake of the guillotine (b. 1738) on this day in history.  

1820  Jean-Etienne Despreaux, composer, dies at 71 on March - 26.  

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 March - 26 joseph Lincke, composer, dies at 53  

1858  On March - 26 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 March - 26.  

1881  On March - 26 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  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  On March - 26 birth of william Wollaston, Coton England, philosopher  

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

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)