Famous Deaths In March - 15

0044  On this day in history death of julius Caesar (murdered) (b. 100 BC)  

0493  Odiaker, German army leader/King of Italy (476-93), dies on this day in history.  

0752  Zachary, Greek/Italian Pope (741-52), dies [or Mar 22] on March - 15.  

0963  On March - 15 romanus II, Byzantine emperor (959-63), dies at 25  

1034  On March - 15 mieszko II, King of Poland (1025-34), dies  

1145  Death of Pope Lucius II on March - 15.  

1311  On March - 15 death of walter V of Brienne, Duke of Athens  

1575  On this day in history death of annibale Padovano, Italian composer (b. 1527)  

1670  Death of John Davenport, Connecticut pioneer (b. 1597) on March - 15.  

1673  On March - 15 salvatore Rosa, Italian painter (Baroque)/poet/music/actor, dies at 57  

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1701  Death of Jean Renaud de Segrais, French writer (b. 1624) on this day in history.  

1711  On this day in history death of eusebio Kino, Italian Catholic missionary (b. 1645)  

1723  On this day in history johann C Gunther, writer, dies at 27  

1731  On this day in history adolf H van Rechteren, Dutch diplomat/politician, dies at 75  

1820  On this day in history death of clemens Maria Hofbauer, patron saint of Vienna (b. 1751  

1842  On March - 15 maria Luigi C Z S Cherubini, Italian composer (Dies Irae), dies at 81  

1849  On this day in history death of giuseppe Caspar Mezzofanti, Italian cardinal and linguist (b. 1774)  

1880  Jan K J de Jonge, Dutch historian, dies at 51 on this day in history.  

1881  On March - 15 death of emory Upton, US Union gen-maj (Selma), commits suicide at 42  

1883  Karol Studzinski, composer, dies at 55 on March - 15.  

1891  On this day in history death of théodore de Banville, French writer (b. 1823)  

1898  Death of Henry Bessemer, English metallurgist (b. 1813) on March - 15.  

1905  Arnold Kerdijk, Dutch liberal/founder (Social Weekly), dies at 60 on this day in history.  

1906  On March - 15 alfred Gilpin Jones, lt-gov of Nova Scotia (1900-06), dies at 81  

1918  Jose Silvestre de los Dolores White Lafitte, composer, dies at 82 on this day in history.  

1929  On March - 15 pine-Top Smith, jazz pianist (Boogie Woogie Piano), dies at 24  

1930  Antonio Beltramelli, writer, dies at 51 on this day in history.  

1937  On this day in history death of h. P. Lovecraft, American writer (b. 1890)  

1938  On this day in history edmund Tylecote, cricketer (England keeper in 6 Tests 1882-86), dies  

1940  On March - 15 alfred Marr, cricketer (Test for Australia 1885, scored 0 & 5), dies  

1941  On March - 15 death of alexej von Jawlensky, Russian painter (b. 1864)  

1942  Alexander van Zemlinsky, Aust/US composer (African Dance), dies at 70 on March - 15.  

1944  Otto von Below, German commandant (WW I), dies at 86 on March - 15.  

1945  On March - 15 herman B Wiardi Beckman, Dutch MP (SDAP), dies at 41  

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0938  Romanos II, Byzantine emperor (d. 963) was born on this day in history.  

1275  On this day in history birth of margaret Plantagenet, English princess (d. 1318)  

1455  Pietro Accolti, Italian Catholic cardinal (d. 1532) was born on this day in history.  

1493  On March - 15 birth of anne Pierre Adrien duke of Montmorency, marshal of France  

1591  On March - 15 birth of alexandre de Rhodes, French Jesuit missionary (d. 1660)  

1638  On this day in history birth of shunzhi Emperor of China  

1666  Georg Baehr, German master builder (Frauenkirche, Dresden) was born on this day in history.  

1666  On this day in history birth of george Bähr, German architect (d. 1738)