Historical Events In March - 26

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

0603  On this day in history pacal II ruler of the Maya polity of Palenque   

0752  On this day in history stephen II, Catholic Pope (3/22-26/752), dies   

0809  Liudger, missionary/1st bishop of Munster/saint, dies at about 66 on this day in history.   

1027  John XIX crowns Conrad II the Salier Roman German emperor on this day in history.   

1147  Jewish community in Cologne fast to commemorate anti-Jewish violence on this day in history.   

1150  Tichborne family of Hampshire England started the tradition of giving a gallon of flour to each resident to keep deathbed promise on this day in history.   

1150  Tichborne family of Hampshire England started tradition of giving a Gallon of flour to each resident to keep deathbed promise on this day in history.   

1212  Sancho I, King of Portugal (1185-1212), dies at 58 on March - 26.   

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

1350  Alfonso XI, King of Castile & Leon, dies on this day in history.   

1479  On March - 26 vasili III, great prince of Moscow (1505-33)/son of Ivan III   

1484  On March - 26 william Caxton printed his translation of Aesop's Fables.   

1517  On this day in history heinrich Isaac, Flemish composer   

1526  On March - 26 king François I returns Spanish captivity to France   

1526  King Francois I returns Spanish captivity to France on March - 26.   

1534  Lübeck accept free Dutch ships into East Sea on March - 26.   

1534  Lubeck accept free Dutch ships into East Sea on this day in history.   

1546  On this day in history thomas Elyot, British diplomat, dies   

1552  Guru Amar Das becomes the Third Sikh Guru on this day in history.   

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

1577  On this day in history elisabeth of Nassau, daughter of Willem I & Charlotte of Bourbon   

1616  Bristol England William Baffin c1584-1622 leaves on 5th voyage on 'Discovery'; will pass Greenland coast and sail north another 480 km on March - 26.   

1636  University of Utrecht opening ceremony on March - 26.   

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

1659  William Wollaston, Coton England, philosopher on this day in history.   

1668  On March - 26 england takes control of Bombay India   

1671  Giacomo Cesare Predieri, composer on March - 26.   

1684  Johann Graf, composer on this day in history.   

1692  King Maximilian installed as land guardian of South Netherlands on this day in history.   

1713  Pal Esterhazy, composer, dies at 77 on March - 26.   

1717  Manuel Jeronimo Romero de Avila, composer on March - 26.   

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1479  Vasili III, great prince of Moscow (1505-33)/son of Ivan III was born on March - 26.   

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  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  On March - 26 birth of giacomo Cesare Predieri, composer   

1684  On March - 26 birth of johann Graf, composer   

1698  Václav Prokop DiviÅ¡, Czech theologian and natural scientist (d. 1765) was born on this day in history.   

0304  On this day in history death of saint Emmanuel, Christian martyr killed under Diocletian   

0752  On this day in history stephen II, Catholic Pope (3/22-26/752), dies   

0809  Liudger, missionary/1st bishop of Munster/saint, dies at about 66 on this day in history.   

1130  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1350  On this day in history alfonso XI, King of Castile & Leon, dies   

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