Famous Deaths In March - 20

0687  On March - 20 death of st. Cuthbert, patron saint of Northumbria (b. c. 634).  

0842  Alfonso II the Chaste, king of Asturia (791-842), dies on this day in history.  

1191  Clement III, [Paolo Scolari], Pope (1187-91, 3rd crusades), dies on March - 20.  

1239  On this day in history death of hermann von Salza, Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights (c. 1179)  

1351  Mohammed ibn-Tughluq, sultan of Delhi India, dies on March - 20.  

1393  Death of Johannes Nepomucenus, [Jan Nepomucky], Czech saint, killed on this day in history.  

1413  On March - 20 death of king Henry IV of England (b. 1367)  

1415  On this day in history henry IV Bolingbroke, King of England (1399-1413), dies at 45  

1501  On this day in history jean Carondelet, lawyer/chancellor of Burgundy (1480-96), dies at 72  

1531  Death of Sicke Freerks/Frericx, [Cutter], Dutch anabaptist, beheaded on this day in history.  

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1549  On this day in history death of thomas Seymour of Sudely, English Lord Admiral, beheaded  

1568  On this day in history albrecht von Hohenzollern, 1st duke of Prussia, dies at 77  

1586  Death of Richard Maitland, Scottish statesman and historian (b. 1496) on March - 20.  

1617  On March - 20 franciscus Aguilon, physicist/theologist/mathematician, dies at 50  

1619  Matthias II, Holy Roman Catholic emperor (1611-19), dies on March - 20.  

1646  Matthew Vossius, historian (Annales Holland Zelandiaeque), dies at 35 on March - 20.  

1673  On March - 20 death of augustyn Kordecki, Polish prior (b. 1603)  

1703  On March - 20 johann Kunckel/Kunkel, German alchemist/ambassador to Sweden, dies  

1730  Death of Adrienne Lecouvreur, French actress (b. 1692) on March - 20.  

1732  Death of Johann Ernst Hanxleden, German philologist (b. 1681) on this day in history.  

1746  Death of Nicolas de Largillière, French painter (b. 1656) on March - 20.  

1751  Frederick Louis, English prince of Wales/son of George I, dies on March - 20.  

1757  On this day in history johann Paul Kunzen, composer, dies at 60  

1767  On this day in history firmin Abauzit, French huguenot/scholar, dies at 87  

1780  On this day in history death of sir Benjamin Truman  

1793  Death of William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield, Scottish judge and politician (b. 1705) on this day in history.  

1804  Ignaz Malzat, composer, dies at 47 on this day in history.  

1812  On this day in history jan Ladislav Dussek, Bohemian pianist/composer, dies at 52  

1835  On this day in history death of louis-Leopold Robert, French painter (b. 1794)  

1848  On March - 20 abraham des Amorie van der Hoeven, Dutch theologist/poet, dies at 27  

1855  On this day in history death of joseph Aspdin, English mason and inventor (b. 1788)  

1865  Death of Keisuke Yamanami, Japanese samurai (b. 1833) on March - 20.  

1866  On this day in history rikard Nordraak, composer, dies at 23  

1871  Antonio Buzzolla, composer, dies at 56 on this day in history.  

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1469  Princess Cecily of York (d. 1507) was born on March - 20.  

1477  On this day in history birth of jerome Emser, German theologian (d. 1527)  

1502  Pierino Belli, Italian soldier and jurist (d. 1575) was born on this day in history.  

1634  Balthasar Bekker, Frisian theologist (Examiner of Comets) was born on this day in history.  

1644  Ivan Mazepa, Cossack Hetman of the Hetmanate (d. 1709) was born on March - 20.  

1680  Baron Emanuele d' Astorga, Italian composer (Stabat mater) was born on this day in history.  

1725  Abdul Hamid I, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1789) was born on March - 20.  

1728  On this day in history birth of franciscus L Kersteman, Dutch lawyer/astrologist