Famous Deaths Happened In March - 03
Wednesday, 28 January 2026
0561 Pelagius I, Italian Pope (547-51, 556-61), dies on this day in history. 

1191 On March - 03 saladin [Salah ad-Din]) Yusuf, sultan of Egypt/Syria, dies at 52 

1239 On March - 03 death of vladimir III Rurikovich, Grand Prince of Kiev (b. 1187) 

1459 On this day in history ausias March, Catalan poet, dies 

1554 Johann Friedrich, the Generous, Elector of Saxony (1532-47) and Head of the Protestant Confederation of Germany (the Schmalkaldic League), dies at 50 on this day in history. 

1580 On March - 03 jacob Hillebrand, Dutch mayor of Groningen, dies 

1635 Philips de l'Espinoy, historian/mayor of Ghent, dies on March - 03. 

1703 On this day in history robert Hooke, scientific genius, dies in London 

1706 Johann Pachelbel, organist/composer (Sterbens-Gedancken), dies at 52 on this day in history. 

1707 Aurangzeb, Emperor of India (1658-1707), dies at 88 on this day in history. 

1717 Pierre Allix, French/British theologist/vicar, dies at about 75 on this day in history. 

1744 On this day in history death of jean Barbeyrac, French jurist 

1765 On this day in history death of william Stukeley, English archaeologist (b. 1687) 

1766 Gregor Joseph Werner, composer, dies at 73 on this day in history. 

1768 Nicola Antonio Porpora, composer, dies at 81 on this day in history. 

1792 Robert Adam, Scottish architect (Syon House, Middlesex), dies at 63 on this day in history. 

1800 Johann Baptist Christoph Toeschi, composer, dies at 64 on March - 03. 

1822 On this day in history franz Adam Veichtner, composer, dies at 81 

1824 On March - 03 giovanni Battista Viotti, Italian violist/composer, dies at 70 

1848 On this day in history heinrich Olivier, German painter, dies 

1850 Death of Oliver Cowdery, American religious leader (b. 1806) on this day in history. 

1858 Jozsef Bajza, Hungarian author/poet/critic, dies at 54 on this day in history. 

1864 Ulric Dahlgren, Union colonel, dies in battle at 21 on this day in history. 

1889 Edward Sydney Smith, composer, dies at 49 on this day in history. 

1894 On March - 03 death of ned Williamson, American baseball player (b. 1857) 

1899 On this day in history death of william P. Sprague, American politician from Ohio (b. 1827) 

1902 Isaac D France van de Putte, Dutch premier (1866), dies at 79 on March - 03. 

1920 On this day in history death of theodor Philipsen, Danish painter (b. 1840) 

1921 Petrus Cuypers, architect (Amsterdam museum), dies at 93 on this day in history. 

1926 Cyril Metodej Hrazdira, composer, dies at 58 on this day in history. 

1927 On this day in history death of mikhail Artsybashev, Russian writer (b. 1878) 

1928 Jan [Jean] T Toorop, Dutch graphic artist (3 Brides), dies at 69 on this day in history. 

1932 On March - 03 eugene Francis Charles D'albert, composer, dies at 67 

1934 Norman Houstoun O'Neill, composer, dies at 58 on March - 03. 

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