Famous Deaths Happened In March - 20
Monday, 17 November 2025
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 March - 20. 

1239 On this day in history 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 On March - 20 death of king Henry IV of England (b. 1367) 

1415 Henry IV Bolingbroke, King of England (1399-1413), dies at 45 on this day in history. 

1501 Jean Carondelet, lawyer/chancellor of Burgundy (1480-96), dies at 72 on this day in history. 

1531 On March - 20 death of sicke Freerks/Frericx, [Cutter], Dutch anabaptist, beheaded 

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

1568 Albrecht von Hohenzollern, 1st duke of Prussia, dies at 77 on March - 20. 

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

1617 On this day in history franciscus Aguilon, physicist/theologist/mathematician, dies at 50 

1619 On March - 20 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 On March - 20 death of augustyn Kordecki, Polish prior (b. 1603) 

1703 Johann Kunckel/Kunkel, German alchemist/ambassador to Sweden, dies on March - 20. 

1730 Death of Adrienne Lecouvreur, French actress (b. 1692) on this day in history. 

1732 Death of Johann Ernst Hanxleden, German philologist (b. 1681) on March - 20. 

1746 Death of Nicolas de Largillière, French painter (b. 1656) on March - 20. 

1751 On this day in history frederick Louis, English prince of Wales/son of George I, dies 

1757 Johann Paul Kunzen, composer, dies at 60 on this day in history. 

1767 On March - 20 firmin Abauzit, French huguenot/scholar, dies at 87 

1780 Death of Sir Benjamin Truman on this day in history. 

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 Jan Ladislav Dussek, Bohemian pianist/composer, dies at 52 on this day in history. 

1835 On March - 20 death of louis-Leopold Robert, French painter (b. 1794) 

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

1855 Death of Joseph Aspdin, English mason and inventor (b. 1788) on March - 20. 

1865 Death of Keisuke Yamanami, Japanese samurai (b. 1833) on this day in history. 

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

1871 On this day in history antonio Buzzolla, composer, dies at 56 

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