Famous Deaths Happened In March - 26

0304  On this day in history death of saint Emmanuel, Christian martyr killed under Diocletian   

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  Floris, the Guardian, count-regent of Holland, dies on this day in history.   

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

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  On March - 26 thomas Elyot, British diplomat, dies   

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  On this day in history jacob van Eyck, Dutch blind flautist/carillonneur, dies at 69   

1679  Death of Johannes Schefferus, Alsatian-born humanist (b. 1621) on this day in history.   

1697  Death of Godfrey McCulloch, Scottish politician and murderer (executed) (b. 1640) on March - 26.   

1713  On this day in history pal Esterhazy, composer, dies at 77   

1726  John Vanbrugh, Dutch/English playwright (Provoked Wife), dies at 62 on this day in history.   

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

1772  On this day in history death of charles Pinot Duclos, French writer (b. 1704)   

1776  Death of Samuel Ward, American politician (b. 1725) on March - 26.   

1780  Death of Charles I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (b. 1713) on March - 26.   

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

1797  On March - 26 james Hutton, geologist, dies   

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

1814  Death of Joseph-Ignace Guillotin, namesake of the guillotine (b. 1738) on this day in history.   

1820  On this day in history 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  On this day in history joseph Lincke, composer, dies at 53   

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

1865  On this day in history thomas Hancock, pioneer of rubber industry (Stoke Newington), dies   

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

1881  Death of Roman Sanguszko, Polish aristocrat (b. 1800) on March - 26.   

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

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

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

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