What happened on March 26 ?

922 - Al-Hallaj, Persian Sufi teacher and writer

1212 - King Sancho I of Portugal (b. 1154)

1517 - Heinrich Isaac, Flemish composer

1535 - Georg Tannstetter, Austrian scientist (b. 1482)

1546 - Thomas Elyot, English diplomat

1566 - Antonio de Cabezón, Spanish composer (b. 1510)

1679 - Johannes Schefferus, Alsatian-born humanist (b. 1621)

1697 - Godfrey McCulloch, Scottish politician and murderer (executed) (b. 1640)

1726 - Sir John Vanbrugh, English dramatist (b. 1664)

1772 - Charles Pinot Duclos, French writer (b. 1704)

1776 - Samuel Ward, American politician (b. 1725)

1780 - Charles I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (b. 1713)

1793 - John Mudge, English physician (b. 1721)

1797 - James Hutton, Scottish geologist (b. 1726)

1814 - Joseph-Ignace Guillotin, inventor of the guillotine (b. 1738)

1827 - Ludwig van Beethoven, German composer (b. 1770)

1881 - Roman Sanguszko, Polish aristocrat (b. 1800)

1892 - Walt Whitman, American poet (b. 1819)

1902 - Cecil Rhodes, English explorer (b. 1853)

1905 - Maurice Barrymore, actor; patriarch of the Barrymore family (b. 1849)

1910 - Auguste Charlois, French astronomer (b. 1864)

1910 - An Jung-geun, Japanese assassin of Ito Hirobumi (executed) (b. 1879)

1920 - William Chester Minor, American surgeon and contributor to the Oxford English Dictionary (b. 1834)

1923 - Sarah Bernhardt, French actress (b. 1844)

1926 - Konstantin Fehrenbach, Chancellor of Germany (b. 1852)

1929 - Katharine Lee Bates, American poet (b. 1859)

1933 - Eddie Lang, American musician (b. 1902)

1940 - Spiridon Louis, Greek runner (b. 1873)

1945 - David Lloyd George, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1863)

1958 - Phil Mead, English cricketer (b. 1887)

1959 - Raymond Chandler, American-born novelist (b. 1888)

1969 - John Kennedy Toole, American author (b. 1937)

1973 - Noel Coward, English composer and playwright (b. 1899)

1976 - Josef Albers, German artist (b. 1888)

1976 - Lin Yutang, Chinese writer (b. 1895)

1983 - Anthony Blunt, British spy (b. 1907)

1984 - Ahmed Sékou Touré, President of Guinea (b. 1922)

1987 - Eugen Jochum, German conductor (b. 1902)

1990 - Halston, American fashion designer (b. 1932)

1992 - Barbara Frum, Canadian journalist (b. 1937)

1995 - Eazy-E, American rapper (b. 1963)

1996 - Edmund Muskie, American politician (b. 1914)

1996 - David Packard, American engineer and businessman (b. 1912)

2000 - Alex Comfort, American author (b. 1920

2002 - Randy Castillo, Drummer for Ozzy Osbourne and Motley Crue

2003 - Daniel Patrick Moynihan, U.S. Senator (b. 1927)

2004 - Jan Berry, American musician (Jan and Dean) (b. 1941)

2004 - Jan Sterling, American actress (b. 1921)

2005 - James Callaghan, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1912)

2005 - Paul Hester, Australian drummer (Split Enz and Crowded House) (b. 1959)

2005 - Marius Russo, baseball player (b. 1914)

2006 - Anil Biswas, Indian politician (b. 1944)

2006 - Paul Dana, American race car driver (b. 1975)

2006 - Nikki Sudden, British singer/songwriter (b. 1956)