Famous Deaths In March - 15

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

0493  On March - 15 odiaker, German army leader/King of Italy (476-93), dies  

0752  On March - 15 zachary, Greek/Italian Pope (741-52), dies [or Mar 22]  

0963  On this day in history romanus II, Byzantine emperor (959-63), dies at 25  

1034  Mieszko II, King of Poland (1025-34), dies on this day in history.  

1145  Death of Pope Lucius II on this day in history.  

1311  On this day in history death of walter V of Brienne, Duke of Athens  

1575  On March - 15 death of annibale Padovano, Italian composer (b. 1527)  

1670  On March - 15 death of john Davenport, Connecticut pioneer (b. 1597)  

1673  On this day in history salvatore Rosa, Italian painter (Baroque)/poet/music/actor, dies at 57  

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1701  On March - 15 death of jean Renaud de Segrais, French writer (b. 1624)  

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

1723  Johann C Gunther, writer, dies at 27 on this day in history.  

1731  On March - 15 adolf H van Rechteren, Dutch diplomat/politician, dies at 75  

1820  On March - 15 death of clemens Maria Hofbauer, patron saint of Vienna (b. 1751  

1842  Maria Luigi C Z S Cherubini, Italian composer (Dies Irae), dies at 81 on this day in history.  

1849  Death of Giuseppe Caspar Mezzofanti, Italian cardinal and linguist (b. 1774) on this day in history.  

1880  Jan K J de Jonge, Dutch historian, dies at 51 on March - 15.  

1881  Death of Emory Upton, US Union gen-maj (Selma), commits suicide at 42 on this day in history.  

1883  On March - 15 karol Studzinski, composer, dies at 55  

1891  Death of Théodore de Banville, French writer (b. 1823) on this day in history.  

1898  Death of Henry Bessemer, English metallurgist (b. 1813) on this day in history.  

1905  On March - 15 arnold Kerdijk, Dutch liberal/founder (Social Weekly), dies at 60  

1906  Alfred Gilpin Jones, lt-gov of Nova Scotia (1900-06), dies at 81 on this day in history.  

1918  Jose Silvestre de los Dolores White Lafitte, composer, dies at 82 on March - 15.  

1929  On this day in history pine-Top Smith, jazz pianist (Boogie Woogie Piano), dies at 24  

1930  On this day in history antonio Beltramelli, writer, dies at 51  

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

1938  Edmund Tylecote, cricketer (England keeper in 6 Tests 1882-86), dies on March - 15.  

1940  Alfred Marr, cricketer (Test for Australia 1885, scored 0 & 5), dies on this day in history.  

1941  Death of Alexej von Jawlensky, Russian painter (b. 1864) on this day in history.  

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

1944  On this day in history otto von Below, German commandant (WW I), dies at 86  

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 March - 15.  

1275  Margaret Plantagenet, English princess (d. 1318) was born on March - 15.  

1455  Pietro Accolti, Italian Catholic cardinal (d. 1532) was born on March - 15.  

1493  On this day in history 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  On March - 15 birth of georg Baehr, German master builder (Frauenkirche, Dresden)  

1666  George Bähr, German architect (d. 1738) was born on this day in history.