Famous Deaths In March - 20

0687  Death of St. Cuthbert, patron saint of Northumbria (b. c. 634) on this day in history.  

0842  Alfonso II the Chaste, king of Asturia (791-842), dies on this day in history.  

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  On this day in history death of johannes Nepomucenus, [Jan Nepomucky], Czech saint, killed  

1413  Death of King Henry IV of England (b. 1367) on March - 20.  

1415  On this day in history henry IV Bolingbroke, King of England (1399-1413), dies at 45  

1501  Jean Carondelet, lawyer/chancellor of Burgundy (1480-96), dies at 72 on March - 20.  

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

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1549  On this day in history 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 this day in history death of richard Maitland, Scottish statesman and historian (b. 1496)  

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 March - 20.  

1673  On this day in history death of augustyn Kordecki, Polish prior (b. 1603)  

1703  Johann Kunckel/Kunkel, German alchemist/ambassador to Sweden, dies on this day in history.  

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 March - 20.  

1767  Firmin Abauzit, French huguenot/scholar, dies at 87 on this day in history.  

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

1793  Death of William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield, Scottish judge and politician (b. 1705) on this day in history.  

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

1812  On this day in history jan Ladislav Dussek, Bohemian pianist/composer, dies at 52  

1835  On this day in history 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  On March - 20 death of joseph Aspdin, English mason and inventor (b. 1788)  

1865  On this day in history death of keisuke Yamanami, Japanese samurai (b. 1833)  

1866  Rikard Nordraak, composer, dies at 23 on March - 20.  

1871  Antonio Buzzolla, composer, dies at 56 on March - 20.  

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

1477  Jerome Emser, German theologian (d. 1527) was born on this day in history.  

1502  On this day in history birth of pierino Belli, Italian soldier and jurist (d. 1575)  

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

1644  On March - 20 birth of ivan Mazepa, Cossack Hetman of the Hetmanate (d. 1709)  

1680  Baron Emanuele d' Astorga, Italian composer (Stabat mater) was born on this day in history.  

1725  On March - 20 birth of abdul Hamid I, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1789)  

1728  On March - 20 birth of franciscus L Kersteman, Dutch lawyer/astrologist