Famous Deaths In March - 26

0304  On March - 26 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 March - 26.   

1130  On this day in history death of king Sigurd I of Norway (b. ca. 1090)   

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.   

1517  On this day in history death of heinrich Isaac, Flemish composer   

1535  Death of Georg Tannstetter, Austrian scientist (b. 1482) on March - 26.   

1546  Thomas Elyot, British diplomat, dies on this day in history.   

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

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

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 March - 26.   

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 this day in history.   

1726  On March - 26 john Vanbrugh, Dutch/English playwright (Provoked Wife), dies at 62   

1736  On March - 26 georg Balthasar Schott, composer, dies at 49   

1772  On March - 26 death of charles Pinot Duclos, French writer (b. 1704)   

1776  On March - 26 death of samuel Ward, American politician (b. 1725)   

1780  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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

1814  Death of Joseph-Ignace Guillotin, namesake of the guillotine (b. 1738) on March - 26.   

1820  Jean-Etienne Despreaux, composer, dies at 71 on this day in history.   

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  Joseph Lincke, composer, dies at 53 on March - 26.   

1858  Death of John Addison Thomas, American soldier (b. 1811) on this day in history.   

1865  Thomas Hancock, pioneer of rubber industry (Stoke Newington), dies on this day in history.   

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

1881  On this day in history death of roman Sanguszko, Polish aristocrat (b. 1800)   

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

1516  Conrad Gessner, Swiss naturalist (d. 1565) was born on March - 26.   

1554  On this day in history 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  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  Johann Graf, composer was born on March - 26.   

1698  Václav Prokop DiviÅ¡, Czech theologian and natural scientist (d. 1765) was born on March - 26.