Famous Deaths Happened In March - 23

1103  Death of Eudes I, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1058) on March - 23.   

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

1237  On March - 23 jan of Brienne, King of Jerusalem/Emperor of Constantinople, dies   

1361  On March - 23 death of henry of Grosmont, 1st Duke of Lancaster (b. c.1310)   

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 March - 23.   

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 March - 23.   

1606  Justus Lipsius, [Joost Lips], Dutch classic philologist, dies at 58 on March - 23.   

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  On March - 23 valentin Dretzel, composer, dies at 79   

1669  Philipp Buchner, composer, dies at 54 on this day in history.   

1680  Death of Nicolas Fouquet, French statesman (b. 1615) on March - 23.   

1742  On this day in history death of jean-Baptiste Dubos, French writer (b. 1670)   

1747  On March - 23 death of claude Alexandre de Bonneval, French soldier (b. 1675)   

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

1754  On this day in history death of johann Jakob Wettstein, Swiss theologian (b. 1693)   

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 March - 23 patience Wright, 1st US woman pro artist, dies (birth date unknown)   

1801  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 on March - 23.   

1806  On this day in history george Frederic Pinto, composer, dies at 20   

1809  On this day in history ferdinand-Philippe-Joseph Staes, composer, dies at 60   

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  On this day in history august v Kotzebue, writer, dies   

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 March - 23 stendhal, [Marie-Henri Beyle], French author (Lamiel), dies at 59   

1862  Karl Robert von Nesselrode, German chancellor, dies at 81 on this day in history.   

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  On March - 23 birth of thomas Selle, composer   

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

1645  On March - 23 birth of william Kidd, Pirate Legend From Scotland (d. 1701)   

1699  John Bartram, naturalist/explorer, father of American botany was born on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1736  Iman Willem Falck, Dutch governor of Ceylon (1765-83) was born on this day in history.