Famous Deaths In March - 20

0687  Death of St. Cuthbert, patron saint of Northumbria (b. c. 634) on March - 20.  

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

1191  On March - 20 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 this day in history.  

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

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  Jean Carondelet, lawyer/chancellor of Burgundy (1480-96), dies at 72 on March - 20.  

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

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1549  Death of Thomas Seymour of Sudely, English Lord Admiral, beheaded on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

1617  Franciscus Aguilon, physicist/theologist/mathematician, dies at 50 on this day in history.  

1619  On this day in history matthias II, Holy Roman Catholic emperor (1611-19), dies  

1646  On March - 20 matthew Vossius, historian (Annales Holland Zelandiaeque), dies at 35  

1673  Death of Augustyn Kordecki, Polish prior (b. 1603) on March - 20.  

1703  On this day in history johann Kunckel/Kunkel, German alchemist/ambassador to Sweden, dies  

1730  On this day in history 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 March - 20.  

1751  Frederick Louis, English prince of Wales/son of George I, dies on this day in history.  

1757  Johann Paul Kunzen, composer, dies at 60 on this day in history.  

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  On this day in history death of william Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield, Scottish judge and politician (b. 1705)  

1804  Ignaz Malzat, composer, dies at 47 on March - 20.  

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  On March - 20 death of keisuke Yamanami, Japanese samurai (b. 1833)  

1866  Rikard Nordraak, composer, dies at 23 on this day in history.  

1871  On March - 20 antonio Buzzolla, composer, dies at 56  

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

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 this day in history birth of balthasar Bekker, Frisian theologist (Examiner of Comets)  

1644  On March - 20 birth of ivan Mazepa, Cossack Hetman of the Hetmanate (d. 1709)  

1680  Baron Emanuele d' Astorga, Italian composer (Stabat mater) was born on March - 20.  

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