Historical Events In March - 26

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

0603  Pacal II ruler of the Maya polity of Palenque on March - 26.  

0752  On March - 26 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  On this day in history tichborne family of Hampshire England started the tradition of giving a gallon of flour to each resident to keep deathbed promise  

1150  On March - 26 tichborne family of Hampshire England started tradition of giving a Gallon of flour to each resident to keep deathbed promise  

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

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

1484  William Caxton printed his translation of Aesop's Fables on March - 26.  

1517  On March - 26 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  On March - 26 lübeck accept free Dutch ships into East Sea  

1534  On March - 26 lubeck accept free Dutch ships into East Sea  

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

1552  Guru Amar Das becomes the Third Sikh Guru on March - 26.  

1566  Antonio de Cabezon, composer, dies on this day in history.  

1577  Elisabeth of Nassau, daughter of Willem I & Charlotte of Bourbon on March - 26.  

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 this day in history.  

1638  Palamedes "Stevens" Palamedesz, painter, dies at about 30 on this day in history.  

1649  On March - 26 john Winthrop, Puritan & 1st Governor (Mass), dies  

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  England takes control of Bombay India on this day in history.  

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

1684  On this day in history johann Graf, composer  

1692  King Maximilian installed as land guardian of South Netherlands on March - 26.  

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

1717  On this day in history manuel Jeronimo Romero de Avila, composer  

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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  On March - 26 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 March - 26.  

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

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 Diviš, Czech theologian and natural scientist (d. 1765)  

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

0752  Stephen II, Catholic Pope (3/22-26/752), dies on this day in history.  

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

1130  Death of King Sigurd I of Norway (b. ca. 1090) on March - 26.  

1212  On March - 26 sancho I, King of Portugal (1185-1212), dies at 58  

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 March - 26.