Famous Deaths Happened In March - 26

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

0752  On this day in history stephen II, Catholic Pope (3/22-26/752), dies   

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 March - 26.   

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

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

1350  Alfonso XI, King of Castile & Leon, dies on March - 26.   

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  On March - 26 antonio de Cabezon, composer, dies   

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

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

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 March - 26 death of godfrey McCulloch, Scottish politician and murderer (executed) (b. 1640)   

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

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

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

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

1827  On March - 26 ludwig van Beethoven, German composer (Appassionata), dies at 56   

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

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  Mariano Soriano Fuertes y Piqueras, composer, dies at 62 on March - 26.   

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 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 March - 26.   

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

1671  Giacomo Cesare Predieri, composer was born on this day in history.   

1684  Johann Graf, composer was born on this day in history.   

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