Famous Deaths In March - 26

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

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  On March - 26 death of king Sigurd I of Norway (b. ca. 1090)   

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

1517  On March - 26 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 March - 26.   

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

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

1649  On this day in history john Winthrop, Puritan & 1st Governor (Mass), dies   

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  On this day in history pal Esterhazy, composer, dies at 77   

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  Death of Samuel Ward, American politician (b. 1725) on this day in history.   

1780  Death of Charles I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (b. 1713) on this day in history.   

1793  Death of John Mudge, English physician (b. 1721) on this day in history.   

1797  James Hutton, geologist, dies on this day in history.   

1809  Gabriele Mario Piozzi, composer, dies at 68 on March - 26.   

1814  On March - 26 death of joseph-Ignace Guillotin, namesake of the guillotine (b. 1738)   

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

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 March - 26.   

1858  On March - 26 death of john Addison Thomas, American soldier (b. 1811)   

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  On this day in history birth of conrad Gessner, Swiss naturalist (d. 1565)   

1554  On this day in history birth of charles of Lorraine, Duke of Mayenne, French military leader (d. 1611)   

1577  On this day in history 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  On this day in history birth of johann Graf, composer   

1698  On this day in history birth of václav Prokop DiviÅ¡, Czech theologian and natural scientist (d. 1765)