Famous Deaths Happened In March - 26

0304  Death of Saint Emmanuel, Christian martyr killed under Diocletian on March - 26.   

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 this day in history.   

1212  Sancho I, King of Portugal (1185-1212), dies at 58 on this day in history.   

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  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  On March - 26 jacob van Eyck, Dutch blind flautist/carillonneur, dies at 69   

1679  On March - 26 death of johannes Schefferus, Alsatian-born humanist (b. 1621)   

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

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  Death of Samuel Ward, American politician (b. 1725) on this day in history.   

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

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

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

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  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 this day in history thomas Hancock, pioneer of rubber industry (Stoke Newington), dies   

1880  On March - 26 mariano Soriano Fuertes y Piqueras, composer, dies at 62   

1881  On March - 26 death of roman Sanguszko, Polish aristocrat (b. 1800)   

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1479  Vasili III, great prince of Moscow (1505-33)/son of Ivan III was born on this day in history.   

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  On March - 26 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  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)