Famous Deaths Happened In March - 20
Thursday, 08 January 2026
0687 On March - 20 death of st. Cuthbert, patron saint of Northumbria (b. c. 634). 

0842 Alfonso II the Chaste, king of Asturia (791-842), dies on March - 20. 

1191 Clement III, [Paolo Scolari], Pope (1187-91, 3rd crusades), dies on March - 20. 

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 this day in history. 

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 On this day in history jean Carondelet, lawyer/chancellor of Burgundy (1480-96), dies at 72 

1531 Death of Sicke Freerks/Frericx, [Cutter], Dutch anabaptist, beheaded on this day in history. 

1549 On March - 20 death of thomas Seymour of Sudely, English Lord Admiral, beheaded 

1568 On March - 20 albrecht von Hohenzollern, 1st duke of Prussia, dies at 77 

1586 Death of Richard Maitland, Scottish statesman and historian (b. 1496) on March - 20. 

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

1619 On this day in history matthias II, Holy Roman Catholic emperor (1611-19), dies 

1646 Matthew Vossius, historian (Annales Holland Zelandiaeque), dies at 35 on this day in history. 

1673 Death of Augustyn Kordecki, Polish prior (b. 1603) on March - 20. 

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 this day in history. 

1746 On this day in history 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 On March - 20 firmin Abauzit, French huguenot/scholar, dies at 87 

1780 On this day in history death of sir Benjamin Truman 

1793 On March - 20 death of william Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield, Scottish judge and politician (b. 1705) 

1804 On March - 20 ignaz Malzat, composer, dies at 47 

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

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

1848 On this day in history abraham des Amorie van der Hoeven, Dutch theologist/poet, dies at 27 

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 On this day in history antonio Buzzolla, composer, dies at 56 

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