Famous Deaths In March - 23

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

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

1237  On this day in history jan of Brienne, King of Jerusalem/Emperor of Constantinople, dies   

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

1369  On March - 23 death of pedro, the Cruel, King/tyrant of Castile & Leon, murdered   

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

1555  Julius III, [Giovanni M del Monte], Pope (1550-55), dies at 67 on this day in history.   

1559  Death of Emperor Gelawdewos of Ethiopia (killed in battle) (b. 1521/1522) on March - 23.   

1596  On March - 23 death of henry Unton, English diplomat   

1606  On March - 23 justus Lipsius, [Joost Lips], Dutch classic philologist, dies at 58   

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  On this day in history philipp Buchner, composer, dies at 54   

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

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

1747  On this day in history death of claude Alexandre de Bonneval, French soldier (b. 1675)   

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 March - 23.   

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

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 this day in history.   

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

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

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

1821  Bernhard Anselm Weber, pianist/conductor/composer, dies at 56 on March - 23.   

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

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

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  Margaret of Anjou, wife of Henry VI of England (d. 1482) was born on March - 23.   

1599  Thomas Selle, composer was born on this day in history.   

1638  On March - 23 birth of frederik Ruysch, Dutch anatomist   

1645  William Kidd, Pirate Legend From Scotland (d. 1701) was born on this day in history.   

1699  On this day in history birth of john Bartram, naturalist/explorer, father of American botany   

1723  Agha Mohammad Khan Ghajar, King of Iran (d. 1771) was born on this day in history.   

1732  Marie Adélaïde of France, daughter of Louis XV (d. 1800) was born on March - 23.   

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