Famous Deaths Happened In March - 13
Friday, 30 January 2026
1202 Mieszko III, the Elder, grand duke of Poland (1173-77, 1200-02), dies on this day in history. 

1271 On this day in history death of henry of Almain, English crusader (b. 1235) 

1395 On March - 13 death of john Barbour, Scottish poet 

1516 Vladislav II Jagiello, king of Bohemia (1490-1516), dies at 60 on this day in history. 

1558 On this day in history jean Fernel, French physician/physiologist, dies 

1569 On this day in history lodewijk Condé, French prince/co-leader of Hugenot, dies 

1573 On this day in history death of michel de l'Hôpital, French statesman 

1604 Death of Arnaud d'Ossat, French diplomat and writer (b. 1537) on March - 13. 

1619 On March - 13 richard Burbage, English actor (Shakespeare), dies 

1711 On this day in history death of nicolas Boileau-Despréaux, French poet and critic (b. 1636) 

1716 On March - 13 georg Gabriel Schutz, composer, dies at 46 

1756 Johann Melchior Conradi, composer, dies at 81 on March - 13. 

1773 Death of Philibert Commerçon, French naturalist and explorer (b. 1727) on March - 13. 

1778 Death of Charles le Beau, French historian (b. 1701) on this day in history. 

1803 Death of William Emes, English landscape architect (b. 1729 or 1730) on March - 13. 

1808 Death of King Christian VII of Denmark (b. 1749) on March - 13. 

1817 On this day in history matej Sojka, composer, dies at 77 

1837 On this day in history nikita P Panin, Russian diplomat/min of Foreign affairs, dies at 66 

1839 Robert Gallenberg, composer, dies at 55 on this day in history. 

1842 Death of Henry Shrapnel, British soldier and inventor (b. 1761) on March - 13. 

1879 On this day in history adolf Anderssen, German world champ chess (1851..66), dies at 60 

1881 Death of Alexander II, Tsar of Russia, assassinated at 62 on March - 13. 

1884 On this day in history death of leland Stanford, Jr., son of American railroad magnate, Stanford University named for him (b. 1868) 

1890 On this day in history henry Wylde, composer, dies at 67 

1901 Benjamin Harrison, 23rd pres (1889-1893), dies in Indianapolis at 67 on this day in history. 

1903 Nicolas Beets [Hildebrand], Dutch writer (Camera Obscura), dies at 88 on March - 13. 

1906 Susan B[rownell] Anthony, American suffragist, dies at 85 on this day in history. 

1911 On this day in history jacob M van Bemmelen, Dutch physicist/chemist, dies at 80 

1915 Sergei J Witte, Dutch count/premier of Russia, dies at 65 on this day in history. 

1918 Karel Stecker, composer, dies at 57 on this day in history. 

1925 On March - 13 death of lucille Ricksen, American actress (b. 1909) 

1930 On this day in history mary E W Freeman, US writer (Pembroke), dies at 77 

1934 Fritz Cortolezis, composer, dies at 56 on March - 13. 

1938 On March - 13 clarence S Darrow, Scopes Monkey Trial attorney, dies in Chicago at 80 

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