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  Clement III, [Paolo Scolari], Pope (1187-91, 3rd crusades), dies on this day in history.  

1239  Death of Hermann von Salza, Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights (c. 1179) on March - 20.  

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  On this day in history henry IV Bolingbroke, King of England (1399-1413), dies at 45  

1501  On March - 20 jean Carondelet, lawyer/chancellor of Burgundy (1480-96), dies at 72  

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

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

1568  On this day in history albrecht von Hohenzollern, 1st duke of Prussia, dies at 77  

1586  On March - 20 death of richard Maitland, Scottish statesman and historian (b. 1496)  

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  On this day in history matthew Vossius, historian (Annales Holland Zelandiaeque), dies at 35  

1673  On March - 20 death of augustyn Kordecki, Polish prior (b. 1603)  

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

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  On this day in history johann Paul Kunzen, composer, dies at 60  

1767  On this day in history firmin Abauzit, French huguenot/scholar, dies at 87  

1780  On March - 20 death of sir Benjamin Truman  

1793  Death of William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield, Scottish judge and politician (b. 1705) on March - 20.  

1804  Ignaz Malzat, composer, dies at 47 on March - 20.  

1812  Jan Ladislav Dussek, Bohemian pianist/composer, dies at 52 on March - 20.  

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

1848  Abraham des Amorie van der Hoeven, Dutch theologist/poet, dies at 27 on this day in history.  

1855  On this day in history death of joseph Aspdin, English mason and inventor (b. 1788)  

1865  On March - 20 death of keisuke Yamanami, Japanese samurai (b. 1833)  

1866  Rikard Nordraak, composer, dies at 23 on this day in history.  

1871  On March - 20 antonio Buzzolla, composer, dies at 56  

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1469  Princess Cecily of York (d. 1507) was born on this day in history.  

1477  On March - 20 birth of jerome Emser, German theologian (d. 1527)  

1502  Pierino Belli, Italian soldier and jurist (d. 1575) was born on this day in history.  

1634  Balthasar Bekker, Frisian theologist (Examiner of Comets) was born on this day in history.  

1644  Ivan Mazepa, Cossack Hetman of the Hetmanate (d. 1709) was born on this day in history.  

1680  Baron Emanuele d' Astorga, Italian composer (Stabat mater) was born on March - 20.  

1725  On this day in history birth of abdul Hamid I, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1789)  

1728  On this day in history birth of franciscus L Kersteman, Dutch lawyer/astrologist