Famous Deaths In March - 20

0687  On this day in history 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  On March - 20 clement III, [Paolo Scolari], Pope (1187-91, 3rd crusades), dies  

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

1351  On this day in history mohammed ibn-Tughluq, sultan of Delhi India, dies  

1393  Death of Johannes Nepomucenus, [Jan Nepomucky], Czech saint, killed on March - 20.  

1413  Death of King Henry IV of England (b. 1367) on this day in history.  

1415  Henry IV Bolingbroke, King of England (1399-1413), dies at 45 on March - 20.  

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

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

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1549  Death of Thomas Seymour of Sudely, English Lord Admiral, beheaded on March - 20.  

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

1586  Death of Richard Maitland, Scottish statesman and historian (b. 1496) on this day in history.  

1617  On March - 20 franciscus Aguilon, physicist/theologist/mathematician, dies at 50  

1619  Matthias II, Holy Roman Catholic emperor (1611-19), dies on March - 20.  

1646  On this day in history matthew Vossius, historian (Annales Holland Zelandiaeque), dies at 35  

1673  Death of Augustyn Kordecki, Polish prior (b. 1603) on this day in history.  

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  On this day in history death of nicolas de Largillière, French painter (b. 1656)  

1751  On March - 20 frederick Louis, English prince of Wales/son of George I, dies  

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  On March - 20 death of william Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield, Scottish judge and politician (b. 1705)  

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

1812  Jan Ladislav Dussek, Bohemian pianist/composer, dies at 52 on this day in history.  

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  Death of Keisuke Yamanami, Japanese samurai (b. 1833) on March - 20.  

1866  On March - 20 rikard Nordraak, composer, dies at 23  

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

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1469  Princess Cecily of York (d. 1507) was born on March - 20.  

1477  Jerome Emser, German theologian (d. 1527) was born on March - 20.  

1502  On March - 20 birth of pierino Belli, Italian soldier and jurist (d. 1575)  

1634  On March - 20 birth of balthasar Bekker, Frisian theologist (Examiner of Comets)  

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 this day in history.  

1725  Abdul Hamid I, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1789) was born on this day in history.  

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