Famous Deaths In March - 20

0687  On March - 20 death of st. Cuthbert, patron saint of Northumbria (b. c. 634).   

0842  On this day in history alfonso II the Chaste, king of Asturia (791-842), dies   

1191  On March - 20 clement III, [Paolo Scolari], Pope (1187-91, 3rd crusades), dies   

1239  On this day in history 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  On this day in history death of johannes Nepomucenus, [Jan Nepomucky], Czech saint, killed   

1413  Death of King Henry IV of England (b. 1367) on March - 20.   

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 March - 20.   

1531  On this day in history death of sicke Freerks/Frericx, [Cutter], Dutch anabaptist, beheaded   

1549  Death of Thomas Seymour of Sudely, English Lord Admiral, beheaded on March - 20.   

1568  Albrecht von Hohenzollern, 1st duke of Prussia, dies at 77 on this day in history.   

1586  On this day in history death of richard Maitland, Scottish statesman and historian (b. 1496)   

1617  On March - 20 franciscus Aguilon, physicist/theologist/mathematician, dies at 50   

1619  On March - 20 matthias II, Holy Roman Catholic emperor (1611-19), dies   

1646  On March - 20 matthew Vossius, historian (Annales Holland Zelandiaeque), dies at 35   

1673  On this day in history death of augustyn Kordecki, Polish prior (b. 1603)   

1703  Johann Kunckel/Kunkel, German alchemist/ambassador to Sweden, dies on March - 20.   

1730  On March - 20 death of adrienne Lecouvreur, French actress (b. 1692)   

1732  On this day in history death of johann Ernst Hanxleden, German philologist (b. 1681)   

1746  Death of Nicolas de Largillière, French painter (b. 1656) on this day in history.   

1751  Frederick Louis, English prince of Wales/son of George I, dies on this day in history.   

1757  On March - 20 johann Paul Kunzen, composer, dies at 60   

1767  On March - 20 firmin Abauzit, French huguenot/scholar, dies at 87   

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

1793  Death of William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield, Scottish judge and politician (b. 1705) on this day in history.   

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

1812  On March - 20 jan Ladislav Dussek, Bohemian pianist/composer, dies at 52   

1835  Death of Louis-Leopold Robert, French painter (b. 1794) on this day in history.   

1848  On March - 20 abraham des Amorie van der Hoeven, Dutch theologist/poet, dies at 27   

1855  Death of Joseph Aspdin, English mason and inventor (b. 1788) on this day in history.   

1865  Death of Keisuke Yamanami, Japanese samurai (b. 1833) on this day in history.   

1866  On this day in history rikard Nordraak, composer, dies at 23   

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  Jerome Emser, German theologian (d. 1527) was born on this day in history.   

1502  On this day in history birth of pierino Belli, Italian soldier and jurist (d. 1575)   

1634  On March - 20 birth of balthasar Bekker, Frisian theologist (Examiner of Comets)   

1644  Ivan Mazepa, Cossack Hetman of the Hetmanate (d. 1709) was born on March - 20.   

1680  On March - 20 birth of baron Emanuele d' Astorga, Italian composer (Stabat mater)   

1725  Abdul Hamid I, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1789) was born on this day in history.   

1728  On March - 20 birth of franciscus L Kersteman, Dutch lawyer/astrologist