Historical Events In March - 26

0304  On March - 26 saint Emmanuel, Christian martyr killed under Diocletian   

0603  Pacal II ruler of the Maya polity of Palenque 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 this day in history.   

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

1147  On March - 26 jewish community in Cologne fast to commemorate anti-Jewish violence   

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  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 this day in history.   

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

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

1479  On this day in history vasili III, great prince of Moscow (1505-33)/son of Ivan III   

1484  William Caxton printed his translation of Aesop's Fables on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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 March - 26 thomas Elyot, British diplomat, dies   

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

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

1577  On March - 26 elisabeth of Nassau, daughter of Willem I & Charlotte of Bourbon   

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

1636  On March - 26 university of Utrecht opening ceremony   

1638  Palamedes "Stevens" Palamedesz, painter, dies at about 30 on March - 26.   

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  England takes control of Bombay India on March - 26.   

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 this day in history.   

1713  Pal Esterhazy, composer, dies at 77 on this day in history.   

1717  Manuel Jeronimo Romero de Avila, composer on this day in history.   

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

1516  Conrad Gessner, Swiss naturalist (d. 1565) was born on this day in history.   

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

1671  On March - 26 birth of giacomo Cesare Predieri, composer   

1684  Johann Graf, composer was born on this day in history.   

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

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

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

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.