Famous Deaths In March - 23

1103  Death of Eudes I, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1058) on this day in history.   

1169  On March - 23 shirkuh, Kurd general/vizier of Cairo/Saladin's uncle, dies   

1237  Jan of Brienne, King of Jerusalem/Emperor of Constantinople, dies on this day in history.   

1361  Death of Henry of Grosmont, 1st Duke of Lancaster (b. c.1310) on this day in history.   

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

1548  Death of Itagaki Nobukata, retainer of Takeda Shingen on this day in history.   

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

1559  On this day in history death of emperor Gelawdewos of Ethiopia (killed in battle) (b. 1521/1522)   

1596  Death of Henry Unton, English diplomat on this day in history.   

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

1618  On this day in history death of james Hamilton, 1st Earl of Abercorn, Scottish politician   

1653  Johan van Galen, Dutch admiral (Dunes Monte Christo), dies at about 48 on this day in history.   

1658  On this day in history valentin Dretzel, composer, dies at 79   

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

1680  Death of Nicolas Fouquet, French statesman (b. 1615) on this day in history.   

1742  Death of Jean-Baptiste Dubos, French writer (b. 1670) on March - 23.   

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

1748  Johann Gottfried Walther, German composer/musicologist, dies at 63 on March - 23.   

1754  Death of Johann Jakob Wettstein, Swiss theologian (b. 1693) on March - 23.   

1756  Georg Gottfried Wagner, composer, dies at 57 on March - 23.   

1783  On this day in history gaspard Fritz, composer, dies at 67   

1786  On this day in history patience Wright, 1st US woman pro artist, dies (birth date unknown)   

1801  On this day in history 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 March - 23 george Frederic Pinto, composer, dies at 20   

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

1816  On this day in history ignaz Vitzthumb, composer, dies at 95   

1818  Nicolas Isouard, composer, dies at 42 on this day in history.   

1819  August v Kotzebue, writer, dies on this day in history.   

1821  On March - 23 bernhard Anselm Weber, pianist/conductor/composer, dies at 56   

1832  On March - 23 vaclav Vilem Wurfel, composer, dies at 41   

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

1862  On this day in history karl Robert von Nesselrode, German chancellor, dies at 81   

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 this day in history birth of margaret of Anjou, wife of Henry VI of England (d. 1482)   

1599  Thomas Selle, composer was born on March - 23.   

1638  On this day in history birth of frederik Ruysch, Dutch anatomist   

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 March - 23 birth of agha Mohammad Khan Ghajar, King of Iran (d. 1771)   

1732  On this day in history birth of marie Adélaïde of France, daughter of Louis XV (d. 1800)   

1736  Iman Willem Falck, Dutch governor of Ceylon (1765-83) was born on March - 23.