Famous Deaths Happened In March - 26

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

1130  Death of King Sigurd I of Norway (b. ca. 1090) on this day in history.   

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

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

1535  Death of Georg Tannstetter, Austrian scientist (b. 1482) on this day in history.   

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

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

1638  On March - 26 palamedes "Stevens" Palamedesz, painter, dies at about 30   

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

1657  Jacob van Eyck, Dutch blind flautist/carillonneur, dies at 69 on this day in history.   

1679  On this day in history death of johannes Schefferus, Alsatian-born humanist (b. 1621)   

1697  Death of Godfrey McCulloch, Scottish politician and murderer (executed) (b. 1640) on this day in history.   

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

1726  John Vanbrugh, Dutch/English playwright (Provoked Wife), dies at 62 on March - 26.   

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

1772  Death of Charles Pinot Duclos, French writer (b. 1704) on this day in history.   

1776  On this day in history 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  Death of John Mudge, English physician (b. 1721) on March - 26.   

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

1809  Gabriele Mario Piozzi, composer, dies at 68 on this day in history.   

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

1820  On March - 26 jean-Etienne Despreaux, composer, dies at 71   

1827  Ludwig van Beethoven, German composer (Appassionata), dies at 56 on March - 26.   

1831  On this day in history richard Allen, AME Church Bishop, dies at 71   

1837  Joseph Lincke, composer, dies at 53 on this day in history.   

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

1865  On March - 26 thomas Hancock, pioneer of rubber industry (Stoke Newington), dies   

1880  On this day in history 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  Vasili III, great prince of Moscow (1505-33)/son of Ivan III was born on this day in history.   

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

1554  On March - 26 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  William Wollaston, Coton England, philosopher was born on this day in history.   

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

1684  Johann Graf, composer was born on March - 26.   

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