Famous Deaths In March - 20

0687  On this day in history 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  On this day in history clement III, [Paolo Scolari], Pope (1187-91, 3rd crusades), dies   

1239  Death of Hermann von Salza, Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights (c. 1179) on March - 20.   

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

1393  Death of Johannes Nepomucenus, [Jan Nepomucky], Czech saint, killed on March - 20.   

1413  Death of King Henry IV of England (b. 1367) on this day in history.   

1415  Henry IV Bolingbroke, King of England (1399-1413), dies at 45 on March - 20.   

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

1531  On this day in history death of sicke Freerks/Frericx, [Cutter], Dutch anabaptist, beheaded   

1549  On March - 20 death of thomas Seymour of Sudely, English Lord Admiral, beheaded   

1568  Albrecht von Hohenzollern, 1st duke of Prussia, dies at 77 on March - 20.   

1586  Death of Richard Maitland, Scottish statesman and historian (b. 1496) on this day in history.   

1617  On this day in history franciscus Aguilon, physicist/theologist/mathematician, dies at 50   

1619  Matthias II, Holy Roman Catholic emperor (1611-19), dies on this day in history.   

1646  On this day in history matthew Vossius, historian (Annales Holland Zelandiaeque), dies at 35   

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  On March - 20 death of adrienne Lecouvreur, French actress (b. 1692)   

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 this day in history.   

1751  On this day in history frederick Louis, English prince of Wales/son of George I, dies   

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

1767  On March - 20 firmin Abauzit, French huguenot/scholar, dies at 87   

1780  On March - 20 death of sir Benjamin Truman   

1793  Death of William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield, Scottish judge and politician (b. 1705) on March - 20.   

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

1812  On March - 20 jan Ladislav Dussek, Bohemian pianist/composer, dies at 52   

1835  Death of Louis-Leopold Robert, French painter (b. 1794) on this day in history.   

1848  Abraham des Amorie van der Hoeven, Dutch theologist/poet, dies at 27 on this day in history.   

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

1865  On this day in history death of keisuke Yamanami, Japanese samurai (b. 1833)   

1866  Rikard Nordraak, composer, dies at 23 on March - 20.   

1871  On this day in history antonio Buzzolla, composer, dies at 56   

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1469  On this day in history birth of princess Cecily of York (d. 1507)   

1477  Jerome Emser, German theologian (d. 1527) was born on March - 20.   

1502  On this day in history birth of pierino Belli, Italian soldier and jurist (d. 1575)   

1634  On March - 20 birth of balthasar Bekker, Frisian theologist (Examiner of Comets)   

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  On March - 20 birth of abdul Hamid I, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1789)   

1728  Franciscus L Kersteman, Dutch lawyer/astrologist was born on this day in history.