Famous Deaths In March - 20

0687  Death of St. Cuthbert, patron saint of Northumbria (b. c. 634) on March - 20.   

0842  On March - 20 alfonso II the Chaste, king of Asturia (791-842), dies   

1191  Clement III, [Paolo Scolari], Pope (1187-91, 3rd crusades), dies on this day in history.   

1239  On March - 20 death of hermann von Salza, Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights (c. 1179)   

1351  On March - 20 mohammed ibn-Tughluq, sultan of Delhi India, dies   

1393  Death of Johannes Nepomucenus, [Jan Nepomucky], Czech saint, killed on March - 20.   

1413  Death of King Henry IV of England (b. 1367) on this day in history.   

1415  Henry IV Bolingbroke, King of England (1399-1413), dies at 45 on this day in history.   

1501  Jean Carondelet, lawyer/chancellor of Burgundy (1480-96), dies at 72 on this day in history.   

1531  On March - 20 death of sicke Freerks/Frericx, [Cutter], Dutch anabaptist, beheaded   

1549  On this day in history death of thomas Seymour of Sudely, English Lord Admiral, beheaded   

1568  On this day in history albrecht von Hohenzollern, 1st duke of Prussia, dies at 77   

1586  On March - 20 death of richard Maitland, Scottish statesman and historian (b. 1496)   

1617  On this day in history franciscus Aguilon, physicist/theologist/mathematician, dies at 50   

1619  Matthias II, Holy Roman Catholic emperor (1611-19), dies on this day in history.   

1646  Matthew Vossius, historian (Annales Holland Zelandiaeque), dies at 35 on March - 20.   

1673  Death of Augustyn Kordecki, Polish prior (b. 1603) on this day in history.   

1703  On this day in history johann Kunckel/Kunkel, German alchemist/ambassador to Sweden, dies   

1730  Death of Adrienne Lecouvreur, French actress (b. 1692) on March - 20.   

1732  Death of Johann Ernst Hanxleden, German philologist (b. 1681) on March - 20.   

1746  On March - 20 death of nicolas de Largillière, French painter (b. 1656)   

1751  Frederick Louis, English prince of Wales/son of George I, dies on March - 20.   

1757  Johann Paul Kunzen, composer, dies at 60 on March - 20.   

1767  Firmin Abauzit, French huguenot/scholar, dies at 87 on this day in history.   

1780  Death of Sir Benjamin Truman on this day in history.   

1793  On this day in history death of william Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield, Scottish judge and politician (b. 1705)   

1804  Ignaz Malzat, composer, dies at 47 on this day in history.   

1812  On this day in history jan Ladislav Dussek, Bohemian pianist/composer, dies at 52   

1835  Death of Louis-Leopold Robert, French painter (b. 1794) on March - 20.   

1848  Abraham des Amorie van der Hoeven, Dutch theologist/poet, dies at 27 on March - 20.   

1855  On this day in history death of joseph Aspdin, English mason and inventor (b. 1788)   

1865  Death of Keisuke Yamanami, Japanese samurai (b. 1833) on March - 20.   

1866  Rikard Nordraak, composer, dies at 23 on March - 20.   

1871  Antonio Buzzolla, composer, dies at 56 on this day in history.   

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1469  On this day in history birth of princess Cecily of York (d. 1507)   

1477  On this day in history birth of jerome Emser, German theologian (d. 1527)   

1502  Pierino Belli, Italian soldier and jurist (d. 1575) was born on this day in history.   

1634  On this day in history birth of balthasar Bekker, Frisian theologist (Examiner of Comets)   

1644  Ivan Mazepa, Cossack Hetman of the Hetmanate (d. 1709) was born on this day in history.   

1680  On this day in history birth of baron Emanuele d' Astorga, Italian composer (Stabat mater)   

1725  On March - 20 birth of abdul Hamid I, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1789)   

1728  Franciscus L Kersteman, Dutch lawyer/astrologist was born on this day in history.