Famous Deaths 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 this day in history.   

0809  On March - 26 liudger, missionary/1st bishop of Munster/saint, dies at about 66   

1130  On March - 26 death of king Sigurd I of Norway (b. ca. 1090)   

1212  On March - 26 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  On March - 26 death of heinrich Isaac, Flemish composer   

1535  On this day in history death of georg Tannstetter, Austrian scientist (b. 1482)   

1546  Thomas Elyot, British diplomat, dies on March - 26.   

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

1638  Palamedes "Stevens" Palamedesz, painter, dies at about 30 on this day in history.   

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

1736  Georg Balthasar Schott, composer, dies at 49 on this day in history.   

1772  Death of Charles Pinot Duclos, French writer (b. 1704) on March - 26.   

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  On March - 26 death of john Mudge, English physician (b. 1721)   

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

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

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  On this day in history ludwig van Beethoven, German composer (Appassionata), dies at 56   

1831  On March - 26 richard Allen, AME Church Bishop, dies at 71   

1837  On March - 26 joseph Lincke, composer, dies at 53   

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

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

1880  Mariano Soriano Fuertes y Piqueras, composer, dies at 62 on March - 26.   

1881  Death of Roman Sanguszko, Polish aristocrat (b. 1800) on this day in history.   

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1479  Vasili III, great prince of Moscow (1505-33)/son of Ivan III was born on March - 26.   

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

1554  On this day in history 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 March - 26.   

1671  On this day in history birth of giacomo Cesare Predieri, composer   

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.