Historical Events In March - 26

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

0603  On March - 26 pacal II ruler of the Maya polity of Palenque   

0752  Stephen II, Catholic Pope (3/22-26/752), dies on March - 26.   

0809  On this day in history liudger, missionary/1st bishop of Munster/saint, dies at about 66   

1027  On March - 26 john XIX crowns Conrad II the Salier Roman German emperor   

1147  On this day in history jewish community in Cologne fast to commemorate anti-Jewish violence   

1150  On March - 26 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 March - 26.   

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

1484  On March - 26 william Caxton printed his translation of Aesop's Fables.   

1517  Heinrich Isaac, Flemish composer on this day in history.   

1526  King François I returns Spanish captivity to France on this day in history.   

1526  King Francois I returns Spanish captivity to France on March - 26.   

1534  Lübeck accept free Dutch ships into East Sea on March - 26.   

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 this day in history.   

1566  On March - 26 antonio de Cabezon, composer, dies   

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 this day in history.   

1636  On March - 26 university of Utrecht opening ceremony   

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

1649  John Winthrop, Puritan & 1st Governor (Mass), dies on this day in history.   

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

1659  William Wollaston, Coton England, philosopher on this day in history.   

1668  England takes control of Bombay India on March - 26.   

1671  On March - 26 giacomo Cesare Predieri, composer   

1684  Johann Graf, composer on this day in history.   

1692  On this day in history king Maximilian installed as land guardian of South Netherlands   

1713  On March - 26 pal Esterhazy, composer, dies at 77   

1717  Manuel Jeronimo Romero de Avila, composer on March - 26.   

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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 March - 26 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 this day in history.   

1659  On March - 26 birth of william Wollaston, Coton England, philosopher   

1671  Giacomo Cesare Predieri, composer was born on March - 26.   

1684  On March - 26 birth of johann Graf, composer   

1698  Václav Prokop DiviÅ¡, Czech theologian and natural scientist (d. 1765) was born on 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 this day in history liudger, missionary/1st bishop of Munster/saint, dies at about 66   

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

1212  On this day in history sancho I, King of Portugal (1185-1212), dies at 58   

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

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.