Famous Deaths In March - 03

0561  Pelagius I, Italian Pope (547-51, 556-61), dies on March - 03.   

1191  On this day in history saladin [Salah ad-Din]) Yusuf, sultan of Egypt/Syria, dies at 52   

1239  On March - 03 death of vladimir III Rurikovich, Grand Prince of Kiev (b. 1187)   

1459  Ausias March, Catalan poet, dies on this day in history.   

1554  Johann Friedrich, the Generous, Elector of Saxony (1532-47) and Head of the Protestant Confederation of Germany (the Schmalkaldic League), dies at 50 on March - 03.   

1580  On this day in history jacob Hillebrand, Dutch mayor of Groningen, dies   

1635  On March - 03 philips de l'Espinoy, historian/mayor of Ghent, dies   

1703  Robert Hooke, scientific genius, dies in London on March - 03.   

1706  Johann Pachelbel, organist/composer (Sterbens-Gedancken), dies at 52 on this day in history.   

1707  Aurangzeb, Emperor of India (1658-1707), dies at 88 on March - 03.   

1717  Pierre Allix, French/British theologist/vicar, dies at about 75 on this day in history.   

1744  On this day in history death of jean Barbeyrac, French jurist   

1765  Death of William Stukeley, English archaeologist (b. 1687) on March - 03.   

1766  Gregor Joseph Werner, composer, dies at 73 on this day in history.   

1768  On this day in history nicola Antonio Porpora, composer, dies at 81   

1792  Robert Adam, Scottish architect (Syon House, Middlesex), dies at 63 on this day in history.   

1800  On this day in history johann Baptist Christoph Toeschi, composer, dies at 64   

1822  On March - 03 franz Adam Veichtner, composer, dies at 81   

1824  On March - 03 giovanni Battista Viotti, Italian violist/composer, dies at 70   

1848  Heinrich Olivier, German painter, dies on March - 03.   

1850  On this day in history death of oliver Cowdery, American religious leader (b. 1806)   

1858  On March - 03 jozsef Bajza, Hungarian author/poet/critic, dies at 54   

1864  On March - 03 ulric Dahlgren, Union colonel, dies in battle at 21   

1889  On this day in history edward Sydney Smith, composer, dies at 49   

1894  Death of Ned Williamson, American baseball player (b. 1857) on this day in history.   

1899  On March - 03 death of william P. Sprague, American politician from Ohio (b. 1827)   

1902  Isaac D France van de Putte, Dutch premier (1866), dies at 79 on March - 03.   

1920  On March - 03 death of theodor Philipsen, Danish painter (b. 1840)   

1921  On this day in history petrus Cuypers, architect (Amsterdam museum), dies at 93   

1926  On this day in history cyril Metodej Hrazdira, composer, dies at 58   

1927  Death of Mikhail Artsybashev, Russian writer (b. 1878) on March - 03.   

1928  On this day in history jan [Jean] T Toorop, Dutch graphic artist (3 Brides), dies at 69   

1932  On this day in history eugene Francis Charles D'albert, composer, dies at 67   

1934  On March - 03 norman Houstoun O'Neill, composer, dies at 58   

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1455  King John II of Portugal (d. 1495) was born on this day in history.   

1500  Reginald Pole, English Cardinal/"heretic" was born on March - 03.   

1520  On March - 03 birth of matthias Flacius, Croatian Protestant reformer (d. 1575)   

1583  Edward Herbert of Cherbury, English military/philosopher was born on this day in history.   

1589  Gisbertus Voetius, [Gijsbert Voet], Dutch reformed theologist was born on March - 03.   

1606  On this day in history birth of edmund Waller, England, poet (Penshust)   

1652  On this day in history birth of thomas Otway, England, playwright/poet (Venice Preserved)   

1678  On March - 03 birth of madeleine de Verchères, French Canadian heroine (d. 1747)