Famous Deaths Happened In March - 26

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

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

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

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

1350  On March - 26 alfonso XI, King of Castile & Leon, dies   

1517  Death of Heinrich Isaac, Flemish composer on March - 26.   

1535  On this day in history death of georg Tannstetter, Austrian scientist (b. 1482)   

1546  Thomas Elyot, British diplomat, dies on March - 26.   

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

1638  On this day in history palamedes "Stevens" Palamedesz, painter, dies at about 30   

1649  John Winthrop, Puritan & 1st Governor (Mass), dies on March - 26.   

1657  On March - 26 jacob van Eyck, Dutch blind flautist/carillonneur, dies at 69   

1679  Death of Johannes Schefferus, Alsatian-born humanist (b. 1621) on this day in history.   

1697  Death of Godfrey McCulloch, Scottish politician and murderer (executed) (b. 1640) on March - 26.   

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  On March - 26 death of samuel Ward, American politician (b. 1725)   

1780  On March - 26 death of charles I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (b. 1713)   

1793  On March - 26 death of john Mudge, English physician (b. 1721)   

1797  James Hutton, geologist, dies on March - 26.   

1809  On this day in history gabriele Mario Piozzi, composer, dies at 68   

1814  On this day in history death of joseph-Ignace Guillotin, namesake of the guillotine (b. 1738)   

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

1827  Ludwig van Beethoven, German composer (Appassionata), dies at 56 on this day in history.   

1831  Richard Allen, AME Church Bishop, dies at 71 on March - 26.   

1837  On March - 26 joseph Lincke, composer, dies at 53   

1858  On this day in history death of john Addison Thomas, American soldier (b. 1811)   

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  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 this day in history.   

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  Giacomo Cesare Predieri, composer was born on this day in history.   

1684  On this day in history birth of johann Graf, composer   

1698  On March - 26 birth of václav Prokop DiviÅ¡, Czech theologian and natural scientist (d. 1765)