Famous Deaths In March - 23

1103  On this day in history death of eudes I, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1058)   

1169  Shirkuh, Kurd general/vizier of Cairo/Saladin's uncle, dies on this day in history.   

1237  Jan of Brienne, King of Jerusalem/Emperor of Constantinople, dies on March - 23.   

1361  On this day in history death of henry of Grosmont, 1st Duke of Lancaster (b. c.1310)   

1369  Death of Pedro, the Cruel, King/tyrant of Castile & Leon, murdered on this day in history.   

1548  On March - 23 death of itagaki Nobukata, retainer of Takeda Shingen   

1555  On March - 23 julius III, [Giovanni M del Monte], Pope (1550-55), dies at 67   

1559  On March - 23 death of emperor Gelawdewos of Ethiopia (killed in battle) (b. 1521/1522)   

1596  On this day in history death of henry Unton, English diplomat   

1606  Justus Lipsius, [Joost Lips], Dutch classic philologist, dies at 58 on this day in history.   

1618  On March - 23 death of james Hamilton, 1st Earl of Abercorn, Scottish politician   

1653  On March - 23 johan van Galen, Dutch admiral (Dunes Monte Christo), dies at about 48   

1658  Valentin Dretzel, composer, dies at 79 on this day in history.   

1669  Philipp Buchner, composer, dies at 54 on March - 23.   

1680  Death of Nicolas Fouquet, French statesman (b. 1615) on March - 23.   

1742  On March - 23 death of jean-Baptiste Dubos, French writer (b. 1670)   

1747  Death of Claude Alexandre de Bonneval, French soldier (b. 1675) on this day in history.   

1748  On this day in history johann Gottfried Walther, German composer/musicologist, dies at 63   

1754  Death of Johann Jakob Wettstein, Swiss theologian (b. 1693) on this day in history.   

1756  On March - 23 georg Gottfried Wagner, composer, dies at 57   

1783  Gaspard Fritz, composer, dies at 67 on March - 23.   

1786  On March - 23 patience Wright, 1st US woman pro artist, dies (birth date unknown)   

1801  On March - 23 death of tsar Paul I of Russia (1796-1801) is struck with a sword, strangled, and trampled to death in his bedroom at St. Michael's Castle aged 46   

1806  On this day in history george Frederic Pinto, composer, dies at 20   

1809  Ferdinand-Philippe-Joseph Staes, composer, dies at 60 on March - 23.   

1816  Ignaz Vitzthumb, composer, dies at 95 on this day in history.   

1818  On this day in history nicolas Isouard, composer, dies at 42   

1819  August v Kotzebue, writer, dies on March - 23.   

1821  Bernhard Anselm Weber, pianist/conductor/composer, dies at 56 on this day in history.   

1832  Vaclav Vilem Wurfel, composer, dies at 41 on this day in history.   

1842  On this day in history stendhal, [Marie-Henri Beyle], French author (Lamiel), dies at 59   

1862  Karl Robert von Nesselrode, German chancellor, dies at 81 on March - 23.   

1869  Charles Lucas, composer, dies at 60 on this day in history.   

1880  Gustav Adolf Mankell, composer, dies at 67 on this day in history.   

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1429  On March - 23 birth of margaret of Anjou, wife of Henry VI of England (d. 1482)   

1599  On this day in history birth of thomas Selle, composer   

1638  Frederik Ruysch, Dutch anatomist was born on March - 23.   

1645  On March - 23 birth of william Kidd, Pirate Legend From Scotland (d. 1701)   

1699  On March - 23 birth of john Bartram, naturalist/explorer, father of American botany   

1723  On this day in history birth of agha Mohammad Khan Ghajar, King of Iran (d. 1771)   

1732  On March - 23 birth of marie Adélaïde of France, daughter of Louis XV (d. 1800)   

1736  On this day in history birth of iman Willem Falck, Dutch governor of Ceylon (1765-83)