Famous Deaths In March - 13

1202  Mieszko III, the Elder, grand duke of Poland (1173-77, 1200-02), dies on March - 13.  

1271  Death of Henry of Almain, English crusader (b. 1235) on March - 13.  

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

1516  On this day in history vladislav II Jagiello, king of Bohemia (1490-1516), dies at 60  

1558  Jean Fernel, French physician/physiologist, dies on this day in history.  

1569  Lodewijk Condé, French prince/co-leader of Hugenot, dies on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

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)  

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

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

1773  On March - 13 death of philibert Commerçon, French naturalist and explorer (b. 1727)  

1778  On March - 13 death of charles le Beau, French historian (b. 1701)  

1803  On this day in history death of william Emes, English landscape architect (b. 1729 or 1730)  

1808  Death of King Christian VII of Denmark (b. 1749) on this day in history.  

1817  On March - 13 matej Sojka, composer, dies at 77  

1837  On March - 13 nikita P Panin, Russian diplomat/min of Foreign affairs, dies at 66  

1839  On this day in history robert Gallenberg, composer, dies at 55  

1842  On this day in history death of henry Shrapnel, British soldier and inventor (b. 1761)  

1879  Adolf Anderssen, German world champ chess (1851..66), dies at 60 on March - 13.  

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

1884  On March - 13 death of leland Stanford, Jr., son of American railroad magnate, Stanford University named for him (b. 1868)  

1890  On March - 13 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  On March - 13 susan B[rownell] Anthony, American suffragist, dies at 85  

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

1915  On March - 13 sergei J Witte, Dutch count/premier of Russia, dies at 65  

1918  Karel Stecker, composer, dies at 57 on March - 13.  

1925  On this day in history death of lucille Ricksen, American actress (b. 1909)  

1930  Mary E W Freeman, US writer (Pembroke), dies at 77 on this day in history.  

1934  On this day in history fritz Cortolezis, composer, dies at 56  

1938  On this day in history clarence S Darrow, Scopes Monkey Trial attorney, dies in Chicago at 80  

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1372  On March - 13 birth of louis of Valois, Duke of Orléans, brother of Charles VI of France (d. 1407)  

1548  Sasbout Vosmeer, Dutch Catholic theologist/apostole was born on this day in history.  

1599  On this day in history birth of johannes Berchmans, Dutch Jesuit/saint  

1615  Innocent XII, [Antonio Pignatelli], Pope (1691-1700) was born on March - 13.  

1683  On this day in history birth of john Theophilus Desaguliers, French-British philosopher (d. 1744)  

1696  On this day in history birth of louis F A D Duke de Richelieu, French marshal  

1700  On this day in history birth of james Kent, composer  

1700  On March - 13 birth of michel Blavet, composer